republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2021/sb-173.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 related to competency hearings.	revise certain provisions related to competency hearings.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2021	SB 173	South Dakota SB 173 (2021)	bill	Criminal Procedure Mentally Ill Persons	enacted	Stevens Wheeler	4	13	4	2021-02-02	2021-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4721946e-d25c-45ec-8d1e-94f68456ea54	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22018	c97261579886c23d86cdc6a1f85e8d9c579e47be52dba0275693f06816e864c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 173 (2021) — revise certain provisions related to competency hearings.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 173A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 32–1 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 64–4 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stevens — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 157 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2021-02-23 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 173A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-23 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 3
• 2021-02-25 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 352
• 2021-03-01 First read in House and referred to H.J. 439 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-03-03 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 H.J. 1 committee-passage
• 2021-03-04 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 4 H.J. 501
• 2021-03-08 Signed by the President S.J. 445 passage
• 2021-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 passage
• 2021-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4721946e-d25c-45ec-8d1e-94f68456ea54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).