South Dakota 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 18 R cosponsors

SB 78 — authorize a change in bullet diameter for use in taking certain animals.

Last action — Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 529

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Larry Rhoden (Republican) on March 13, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    18 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (18 R).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    4 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 529

  2. Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-06 S.J. 465

  3. Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470

  4. Signed by the President S.J. 443

  5. House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 436

  6. Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,

  7. Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0

  8. Scheduled for hearing

  9. Referred to H.J. 172

  10. First Reading House H.J. 159

  11. Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 129

  12. Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0

  13. Scheduled for hearing

  14. Referred to S.J. 63

  15. First Reading Senate S.J. 58

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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18 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 87 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (18)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (87)

87 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do Pass

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 10000
Unaffiliated 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Vasgaard — Yea
Van Diepen — Yea
Kadyn Wittman Democratic Yea
Drew Peterson Republican Yea
Jana Hunt Republican Yea
Julie Auch Republican Yea
Kaley Nolz Republican Yea
Kathy Rice Republican Yea
Marty Overweg Republican Yea
Spencer Gosch Republican Yea
Tim Goodwin Republican Yea
Travis Ismay Republican Yea
Trish Ladner Republican Yea

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Do Pass

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 31000
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Wheeler — Yea
Jamie Smith Democratic Yea
Liz Larson Democratic Yea
Red Dawn Foster Democratic Yea
Amber Hulse Republican Yea
Arch Beal Republican Yea
Carl Perry Republican Yea
Casey Crabtree Republican Yea
Chris Karr Republican Yea
Curt Voight Republican Yea
Ernie Otten Republican Yea
Glen Vilhauer Republican Yea
Greg Blanc Republican Yea
Helene Duhamel Republican Yea
Jim Mehlhaff Republican Yea
John Carley Republican Yea
Joy Hohn Republican Yea
Kevin Jensen Republican Yea
Kyle Schoenfish Republican Yea
Larry Zikmund Republican Yea
Lauren Nelson Republican Yea
Mark Lapka Republican Yea
Michael Rohl Republican Yea
Mykala Voita Republican Yea
Paul Miskimins Republican Yea
Randy Deibert Republican Yea
Sam Marty Republican Yea
Stephanie Sauder Republican Yea
Steve Kolbeck Republican Yea
Sue Peterson Republican Yea
Sydney Davis Republican Yea
Taffy Howard Republican Yea
Tamara Grove Republican Yea
Tim Reed Republican Yea
Tom Pischke Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do Pass - 2018

Failed 15 Yea · 19 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 101801
Republican 4100
Total 141901
% of votes cast 41%56%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
Bolin — Yea
Kennedy — Nay
Partridge — Nay
Tapio — Not Voting
Youngberg — Nay
Cammack — Yea
Curd — Nay
Frerichs — Nay
Haverly — Nay
Jensen (Phil) — Yea
Killer — Nay
Klumb — Yea
Langer — Nay
Cronin — Nay
Ewing — Yea
Heinert — Nay
Maher — Yea
Russell — Yea
Solano — Yea
Sutton (Billie) — Nay
Wiik — Nay
Monroe — Yea
Nesiba — Nay
Peters — Nay
Rusch — Nay
Soholt — Nay
Stalzer — Yea
Tidemann — Nay
White — Nay
Al Novstrup Republican Yea
Ernie Otten Republican Nay
Jack Kolbeck Republican Yea
Lana Greenfield Republican Yea
Lauren Nelson Republican Yea

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Do Pass - 2018

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5101
Total 5101
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bolin — Yea
Heinert — Nay
Monroe — Not Voting
Jensen (Phil) — Yea
Klumb — Yea
Solano — Yea
Soholt — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 78?
SB 78 is sponsored by Mykala Voita (Republican), Curt Voight (Republican), Tom Pischke (Republican), Carl Perry (Republican), Marty Overweg (Republican), Lauren Nelson (Republican), Tina Mulally (Republican), Jim Mehlhaff (Republican), David Kull (Republican), Dylan Jordan (Republican), Phil Jensen (Republican), Tamara Grove (Republican), Spencer Gosch (Republican), Randy Deibert (Republican), Casey Crabtree (Republican), Heather Baxter (Republican), Aaron Aylward (Republican), and Kevin Jensen (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 78?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2025. Enacted.
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