republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2023/sb-56.md

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Bill	revise requirements to relocate a county seat.	revise requirements to relocate a county seat.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2023	SB 56	South Dakota SB 56 (2023)	bill	Ballot Measures Counties Petitions Voting	enacted	Maher	8	18	5	2023-01-11	2023-02-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d4e68275-c4e5-4a33-b302-8d51944c297f	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701	9a0919b03e10cca3571f6e56304735dbe0b9db9d4ad0e188059d6083732ea10e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 56 (2023) — revise requirements to relocate a county seat.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 56A (committee substitute) — source
3. 56F (committee substitute) — source
4. 56G (committee substitute) — source
5. House Local Government Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Local Government Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in amendments — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 68–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 29 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-20 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-01-20 Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 56A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-01-20 Amend the amendment , Passed,
• 2023-01-20 Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
• 2023-01-24 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 104 Amendment 56F amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-01-24 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 104
• 2023-01-25 First read in House and referred to H.J. 104 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-02-09 Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 56G amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-09 Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
• 2023-02-09 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2023-02-14 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 293
• 2023-02-16 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 291
• 2023-02-21 Signed by the President S.J. 310 passage
• 2023-02-23 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 passage
• 2023-02-27 Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 S.J. 347 executive-receipt
• 2023-02-28 Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4e68275-c4e5-4a33-b302-8d51944c297f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).