republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-1.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	provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency.	provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 1	South Dakota SB 1 (2020)	bill	Emergency Clause Mentally Ill Persons Telecommunications	enacted	Duba Otten (Herman) Soholt St John Stalzer	2	14	4	2020-01-14	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/6c4bb03f-6471-46c3-882a-ef03d5907c75	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1&Session=2020	81519a6e528b1d12b0569027f1c1d7f3331cb54eaf45b40f17e45640b5ebc355	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 1 (2020) — provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass - 2020 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2020 — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2020 — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Duba — primary (person)
• Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
• Soholt — primary (person)
• St John — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 10 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-01-27 Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 102 passage
• 2020-01-29 First Reading House H.J. 85
• 2020-01-30 Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 107 referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-03 Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
• 2020-03-05 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 490 passage
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President S.J. 470
• 2020-03-11 Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 488 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 530 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c4bb03f-6471-46c3-882a-ef03d5907c75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).