republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2024/sb-98.md

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Bill	establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases.	establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2024	SB 98	South Dakota SB 98 (2024)	bill	Crimes Evidence Sex Offenses	enacted	Drury Duba Fitzgerald Larson Reed Wittman	2	15	4	2024-01-18	2024-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988	c11e1b5251f344e024387babe2f1ff6dfd2398fe5381be2f8dac83c33cc3963a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 98 (2024) — establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 44–25 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 31–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Drury — primary (person)
• Duba — primary (person)
• Fitzgerald — primary (person)
• Larson — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Wittman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-18 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 107 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Scheduled for hearing
• 2024-02-06 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 280 passage
• 2024-02-08 First read in House and referred to H.J. 294 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Scheduled for hearing
• 2024-02-21 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2024-02-22 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 375
• 2024-02-23 House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 389
• 2024-02-26 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 25 H.J. 404 passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by the President S.J. 435 passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 432 passage
• 2024-02-29 Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 S.J. 455 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).