SD SB 2

enacted

provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did SD SB 2 pass?

Yes. SD SB 2 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-11. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-11 S.J. 240

What is SD SB 2 about?

SD SB 2 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 2?

Van Diepen, Sjaarda, Shubeck and 58 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 2.

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-02-11 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-11 S.J. 240
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-13
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-22
Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 5
committee-passage
2026-01-23
Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 93 Amendment 2A
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage
2026-01-23
Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 93
2026-01-26
First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 136
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-28
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-28
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 11
committee-passage
2026-01-29
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 184
2026-02-04
Signed by the President S.J. 186
passage
2026-02-04
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 229
passage
2026-02-05
Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-05 S.J. 197
executive-receipt
2026-02-11
Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-11 S.J. 240
executive-signature,executive-signature

Versions

Introduced — 2025-12-19Compare
Senate Engrossed — 2026-01-23Compare
Enrolled — 2026-02-02Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do Pass
2026-01-22 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Blanc: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Grove: yes
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Pischke: yes
- Hulse: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
Do Pass Amended
2026-01-23 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: yes
- Carley: yes
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: yes
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hohn: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hulse: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Larson: yes
- Marty: yes
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Otten: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): yes
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes
Do Pass
2026-01-28 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Aylward: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Mulally: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: excused
- Uhre-Balk: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Bahmuller: yes
- Lems: yes
Do Pass Amended
2026-01-29 · pass · 66-0
Member-level votes (70)
- Andera: yes
- Arlint: yes
- Auch: yes
- Aylward: yes
- Bahmuller: yes
- Bathke: excused
- Baxter: yes
- Czmowski: yes
- DeGroot: excused
- Derby: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Emery: yes
- Fitzgerald: excused
- Fosness: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Gosch: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Halverson: yes
- Healy: yes
- Heermann: yes
- Heinemann: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Ismay: yes
- Jamison: yes
- Jensen (Phil): yes
- Jordan: yes
- Jorgenson: yes
- Kassin: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): yes
- Kull: yes
- Ladner: yes
- Lems: yes
- Manhart: yes
- Massie: yes
- May: yes
- Moore: yes
- Mortenson: yes
- Muckey: yes
- Mulally: yes
- Mulder: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Novstrup: yes
- Odenbach: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Pourier: yes
- Randolph: yes
- Rehfeldt: yes
- Reimer: yes
- Reisch: yes
- Rice: yes
- Roby: yes
- Roe: yes
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: excused
- Shubeck: yes
- Sjaarda: yes
- Soye: yes
- Stevens: yes
- Uhre-Balk: yes
- Van Diepen: yes
- Walburg: yes
- Weems: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Wittman: yes
- Hansen: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26339

Attribution

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