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SD SB 205

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revise 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

  1. 2026-02-02

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 160

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-12

    Scheduled for hearing

  3. 2026-02-12

    Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1

    committee-passage

  4. 2026-02-17

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 281

    passage

  5. 2026-02-18

    First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 355

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-23

    Scheduled for hearing

  7. 2026-02-23

    Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 4

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-02-24

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 37 H.J. 434

    failure

Versions

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

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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