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type: "Bill"
title: "establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases."
description: "establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "South Dakota SB 98 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Evidence", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drury", "Duba", "Fitzgerald", "Larson", "Reed", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988"
source_hash: "c11e1b5251f344e024387babe2f1ff6dfd2398fe5381be2f8dac83c33cc3963a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988/260543)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988/266635)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **4425** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **130** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **42** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **312** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).