Public bodies in South Dakota must now describe proposed agenda items in enough detail to tell the public what business will actually be discussed at their meetings—not just list vague topic names. Anyone who violates this requirement can be charged with a Class 2 misdemeanor.
This change converted the bill from its introduced form into its enrolled (final passed) version, adding standard legislative certification pages and signature blocks while removing the original bill's header information and line numbers. The substantive provisions of the bill—requiring detailed open meeting agendas and imposing a Class 2 misdemeanor penalty for violations—remain unchanged.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 266
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 219
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251
Signed by the President S.J. 203
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 223
Local Government Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 5
Local Government Do Pass Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 5
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Local Government H.J. 137
First Reading House H.J. 125
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 83
State Affairs Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 3
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 3
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15
Do Pass
Local Government — Do Pass
Do Pass
State Affairs — Do Pass