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type: "Bill"
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title: "authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding."
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description: "authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
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legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 136"
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citation: "South Dakota SB 136 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Curd", "Cwach", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Foster", "Healy", "Hunhoff", "Johns", "Langer", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Reed", "Reimer", "Rusch", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-01-30"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13fd4294-b68c-4d79-a735-05ab4bebd4fc"
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source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=136&Session=2020"
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source_hash: "ed180165611cc8092a86caa93b535eccab0d2a5df15e0ff9316f47eee431842b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
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---
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# South Dakota SB 136 (2020) — authorize certain witnesses to be accompanied by a certified therapeutic dog in a criminal proceeding.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=136)
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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)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=136)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **52–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bartels — primary (person)
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- Barthel — primary (person)
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- Curd — primary (person)
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- Cwach — primary (person)
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- Duba — primary (person)
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- Duhamel — primary (person)
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- Duvall — primary (person)
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- Foster — primary (person)
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- Healy — primary (person)
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- Hunhoff — primary (person)
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- Johns — primary (person)
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- Langer — primary (person)
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- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
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- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
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- Reed — primary (person)
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- Reimer — primary (person)
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- Rusch — primary (person)
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- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
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- Soholt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 118 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2020-02-19** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 136A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 310 `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** First Reading House H.J. 360
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- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 433 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2020-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
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- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 14. H.J. 528 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 475
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- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
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- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 24, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13fd4294-b68c-4d79-a735-05ab4bebd4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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