republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-44.md

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Bill	establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.	establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 44	South Dakota SB 44 (2026)	bill	Criminal Procedure Executive/Judiciary Request State Affairs and Government	enacted		4	17	4	2026-01-13	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/562cded1-7b5f-4189-bd67-0dbc50f4569f	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26758	ef82af12472c0c504ff1c058c2998a6813f758cc506d4f624344dd42fd49b0be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 44 (2026) — establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 44A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 52–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-01-20 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-01-20 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 44A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
• 2026-01-22 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 85
• 2026-01-23 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 95
• 2026-01-26 First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 136 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-03-02 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 31 committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 31
• 2026-03-03 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 486
• 2026-03-04 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 15 H.J. 512
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President S.J. 485 passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 passage
• 2026-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 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/562cded1-7b5f-4189-bd67-0dbc50f4569f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).