SD SB 205
deadrevise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation.
South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did SD SB 205 pass?
No. SD SB 205 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-02-24). Latest recorded action (2026-02-24): House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 37 H.J. 434
What is SD SB 205 about?
SD SB 205 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation.”.
Who sponsors SD SB 205?
Wipf, Perry, Nelson and 4 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 205.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-02-24 — House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 37 H.J. 434
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Wipfprimary
- Perryprimary
- Nelsonprimary
- Larsonprimary
- Huntprimary
- Voitaprimary
- Shubeckprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-02
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 160
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-12
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-12
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
committee-passage
2026-02-17
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 281
passage
2026-02-18
First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 355
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-23
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 4
committee-passage
2026-02-24
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 37 H.J. 434
failure
Versions
- Introduced — 2026-01-29Compare
Documents
Votes
Do Pass
2026-02-12 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (9)
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Deibert: no
- Hohn: yes
- Karr: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Larson: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): excused
- Crabtree: excused
Do Pass
2026-02-17 · pass · 31-2
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: yes
- Carley: yes
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: yes
- Deibert: no
- Duhamel: no
- 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: excused
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes
Do Pass
2026-02-23 · pass · 7-4
Member-level votes (13)
- Aylward: excused
- Duffy: no
- Greenfield: no
- Kayser: yes
- Mulally: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: no
- Uhre-Balk: no
- Weisgram: excused
- Bahmuller: yes
- Lems: yes
Do Pass
2026-02-24 · fail · 29-37
Member-level votes (70)
- Andera: yes
- Arlint: no
- Auch: yes
- Aylward: excused
- Bahmuller: yes
- Bathke: excused
- Baxter: yes
- Czmowski: no
- DeGroot: no
- Derby: no
- Duffy: no
- Emery: no
- Fitzgerald: yes
- Fosness: no
- Garcia: yes
- Goodwin: no
- Gosch: yes
- Greenfield: no
- Halverson: no
- Healy: no
- Heermann: no
- Heinemann: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Ismay: yes
- Jamison: no
- Jensen (Phil): yes
- Jordan: yes
- Jorgenson: no
- Kassin: no
- Kayser: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): no
- Kull: no
- Ladner: yes
- Lems: yes
- Manhart: yes
- Massie: no
- May: yes
- Moore: no
- Mortenson: no
- Muckey: no
- Mulally: yes
- Mulder: no
- Nolz: yes
- Novstrup: no
- Odenbach: no
- Overweg: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Pourier: excused
- Randolph: no
- Rehfeldt: yes
- Reimer: no
- Reisch: no
- Rice: yes
- Roby: no
- Roe: no
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: no
- Shubeck: yes
- Sjaarda: yes
- Soye: excused
- Stevens: no
- Uhre-Balk: no
- Van Diepen: no
- Walburg: no
- Weems: no
- Weisgram: no
- Wittman: no
- Hansen: yes
Related bills
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