republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-136.md

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Bill	authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding.	authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 136	South Dakota SB 136 (2020)	bill	Courts and Judiciary Criminal Procedure	enacted	Bartels Barthel Curd Cwach Duba Duhamel Duvall Foster Healy Hunhoff Johns Langer Otten (Ernie) Otten (Herman) Reed Reimer Rusch Smith (VJ) Soholt	3	15	4	2020-01-30	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/13fd4294-b68c-4d79-a735-05ab4bebd4fc	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=136&Session=2020	ed180165611cc8092a86caa93b535eccab0d2a5df15e0ff9316f47eee431842b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 136 (2020) — authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Health and Human Services (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136SHE.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Health and Human Services&Bill=136)
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass - 2020 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 52–14 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bartels — primary (person)
• Barthel — primary (person)
• Curd — primary (person)
• Cwach — primary (person)
• Duba — primary (person)
• Duhamel — primary (person)
• Duvall — primary (person)
• Foster — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Hunhoff — primary (person)
• Johns — primary (person)
• Langer — primary (person)
• Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
• Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Reimer — primary (person)
• Rusch — primary (person)
• Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
• Soholt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 118 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-19 Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 136A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-02-19 Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 310 passage
• 2020-02-24 First Reading House H.J. 360
• 2020-02-27 Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 433 referral-committee
• 2020-03-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-04 Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-03-04 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-03-09 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 14. H.J. 528 passage
• 2020-03-10 Signed by the President S.J. 475
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
• 2020-03-12 Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-30 Signed by the Governor on March 24, 2020 S.J. 558 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13fd4294-b68c-4d79-a735-05ab4bebd4fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).