republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-137.md

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Bill	establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.	establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 137	South Dakota SB 137 (2026)	bill	Attorney's Fees Civil Procedure Court Costs Liability Speech and Expression	enacted	Goodwin Howard Hulse Manhart Rice Roby	4	15	2	2026-01-27	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/26a84ccf-f59b-4813-9757-8e12e1bf471b	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26918	dd68351b1ea68a3e1911ac413aced2656ff7aa0c1e6e037efee89e9dd7096f2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 137 (2026) — establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 137A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Hulse — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Roby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 120 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2026-02-05 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 14 Amendment 137A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-05 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 15
• 2026-02-05 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 15
• 2026-02-09 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 221
• 2026-02-10 First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 279 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-03-04 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2026-03-05 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 523
• 2026-03-09 Signed by the President S.J. 505 passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 passage
• 2026-03-11 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 548 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a84ccf-f59b-4813-9757-8e12e1bf471b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).