Bill Commons

SD SB 81

enacted

clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 81 pass?

Yes. SD SB 81 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-09): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488

What is SD SB 81 about?

SD SB 81 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 81?

Zikmund, Wipf, Voight and 14 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 81.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-03-09 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zikmundprimary
  • Wipfprimary
  • Voightprimary
  • Shubeckprimary
  • Riceprimary
  • Reimerprimary
  • Pischkeprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Mooreprimary
  • Manhartprimary
  • Jensen (Phil)primary
  • Groveprimary
  • Carleyprimary
  • Baxterprimary
  • Anderaprimary
  • Howardprimary
  • Goodwinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-09

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488

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  2. 2026-03-04

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 455

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  3. 2026-03-03

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 493

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  4. 2026-03-02

    Signed by the President S.J. 434

    passage

  5. 2026-02-26

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 457

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  6. 2026-02-25

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 29

  7. 2026-02-25

    Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 29

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  8. 2026-02-25

    Scheduled for hearing

  9. 2026-02-02

    Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 194

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  10. 2026-01-29

    First Reading House H.J. 182

  11. 2026-01-28

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 131

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  12. 2026-01-27

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 7

  13. 2026-01-27

    Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 7

    committee-passage

  14. 2026-01-27

    Scheduled for hearing

  15. 2026-01-14

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 34

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-27 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Blanc: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Mehlhaff: yes
    • Pischke: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-28 · 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

    2026-02-25 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Walburg: excused
    • Roby: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Massie: yes
    • Kull: yes
    • Pourier: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Stevens: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-26 · pass · 66-0

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: yes
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: excused
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Baxter: yes
    • Czmowski: yes
    • DeGroot: yes
    • Derby: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • 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): excused
    • Pourier: yes
    • Randolph: yes
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Rice: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Schwans: yes
    • Shorma: yes
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Soye: excused
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

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https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26288

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