republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/sb-74.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	require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.	require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	SB 74	South Dakota SB 74 (2025)	bill	Open Meetings State Affairs and Government	enacted	Bathke Baxter Crabtree Emery Fitzgerald Goodwin Heermann Ismay Kull Ladner Larson Massie Mehlhaff Miskimins Muckey Nelson Perry Reed Reisch Roby Rohl Smith Uhre-Balk Vilhauer Voight Voita	4	15	3	2025-01-16	2025-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2541f41f-7f48-4367-8566-accca2a3eda9	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25472	2da3e58b4a53797d9c93904af36bf94b925e7244e1e9862adb2b9cf3f5c2d487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 74 (2025) — require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 74A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Local Government Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bathke — primary (person)
• Baxter — primary (person)
• Crabtree — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Fitzgerald — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Heermann — primary (person)
• Ismay — primary (person)
• Kull — primary (person)
• Ladner — primary (person)
• Larson — primary (person)
• Massie — primary (person)
• Mehlhaff — primary (person)
• Miskimins — primary (person)
• Muckey — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Reisch — primary (person)
• Roby — primary (person)
• Rohl — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
• Vilhauer — primary (person)
• Voight — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 First Reading Senate S.J. 49
• 2025-01-17 Referred to S.J. 59 referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-01-22 Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 74A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-01-22 Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
• 2025-01-22 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2025-01-24 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 90
• 2025-01-27 First read in House and referred to H.J. 120 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-30 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-01-30 Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 175
• 2025-02-04 Signed by the President S.J. 168 passage
• 2025-02-05 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 207 passage
• 2025-02-06 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-06 S.J. 192 executive-receipt
• 2025-02-13 Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-13 S.J. 262 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2541f41f-7f48-4367-8566-accca2a3eda9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).