republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2019/sb-59.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	revise certain provisions regarding public records.	revise certain provisions regarding public records.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2019	SB 59	South Dakota SB 59 (2019)	bill	Public Records State Affairs and Government	enacted	Jensen (Phil) Johnson (David) Latterell McCleerey Nelson Rasmussen Reed Ring Rusch Smith (VJ) Stalzer Steinhauer Sutton Willadsen Wismer Zikmund	6	19	5	2019-01-22	2019-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4e5dd005-3c77-41c4-9ab8-60d1931c32a0	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=59&Session=2019	c6be1f23593af715132d8ebdc02e3dff6efbeed97ae9054094df043085cf52e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 59 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding public records.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment 59ja (committee substitute) — source
2. House (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Judiciary (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB59SJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=59)
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 23–10 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2019 — 7–4 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in amendments - 2019 — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 54–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Johnson (David) — primary (person)
• Latterell — primary (person)
• McCleerey — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Rasmussen — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Ring — primary (person)
• Rusch — primary (person)
• Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Steinhauer — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Willadsen — primary (person)
• Wismer — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-22 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 138 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Scheduled for hearing
• 2019-01-29 Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 59ja amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-01-29 Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 208 committee-passage
• 2019-01-31 Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 252 Amendment 59jb
• 2019-01-31 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 10. S.J. 252 passage
• 2019-02-05 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 292 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2019-02-25 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 4. H.J. 514 committee-passage
• 2019-02-26 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 557
• 2019-02-27 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 571
• 2019-02-28 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 590
• 2019-03-04 House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 607 Amendment 59wc
• 2019-03-04 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 9. H.J. 608 passage
• 2019-03-06 Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 630
• 2019-03-07 Signed by the President S.J. 647
• 2019-03-07 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
• 2019-03-11 Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 executive-receipt
• 2019-03-29 Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2019 S.J. 733 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e5dd005-3c77-41c4-9ab8-60d1931c32a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).