republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2023/sb-70.md

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Bill	revise provisions related to courtroom modifications for child witnesses.	revise provisions related to courtroom modifications for child witnesses.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2023	SB 70	South Dakota SB 70 (2023)	bill	Child Abuse Civil Procedure Criminal Procedure Minors Sex Offenses	enacted	Bartels Blare Castleberry Davis Drury Duba Duhamel Emery Fitzgerald Healy Hoffman Johnson Larson Nelson Nesiba Perry Pourier Reed Rehfeldt Reisch Tobin Wittman	4	15	4	2023-01-18	2023-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d6f5728f-d0b8-40ed-a1e8-4f5f52678e39	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24024	40c9d9f64b23378b870fe5f732525ee1df0ba3ee5ddd067445b22494b298421b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 70 (2023) — revise provisions related to courtroom modifications for child witnesses.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 70A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 54–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bartels — primary (person)
• Blare — primary (person)
• Castleberry — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Drury — primary (person)
• Duba — primary (person)
• Duhamel — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Fitzgerald — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Hoffman — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Larson — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Nesiba — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Pourier — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Rehfeldt — primary (person)
• Reisch — primary (person)
• Tobin — primary (person)
• Wittman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 59 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-01-26 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 70A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-01-26 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
• 2023-01-31 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 152
• 2023-02-01 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 168
• 2023-02-02 First read in House and referred to H.J. 212 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-03-01 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 2 committee-passage
• 2023-03-02 House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
• 2023-03-06 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 14 H.J. 479
• 2023-03-07 Signed by the President S.J. 447 passage
• 2023-03-07 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 passage
• 2023-03-08 Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 461 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-27 Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 494 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f5728f-d0b8-40ed-a1e8-4f5f52678e39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).