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Passed South Dakota Firearm Legislation SB100

Legislation Overview

Title: Limit the imposition of restrictions on the carrying of a concealed pistol and other items of self-defense while on the campus of a public institution of higher education.

Subject: Education: Firearms: Higher Education

Description: Limit the imposition of restrictions on the carrying of a concealed pistol and other items of self-defense while on the campus of a public institution of higher education.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2025 S.J. 538

Last Action Date: March 31, 2025

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

16 sponsors: Spencer Gosch (R); Mykala Voita (R); Aaron Aylward (R); Heather Baxter (R); John Carley (R); Tamara Grove (R); Travis Ismay (R); Kevin Jensen (R); Phil Jensen (R); Dylan Jordan (R); Tina Mulally (R); Lauren Nelson (R); Marty Overweg (R); Tom Pischke (R); Christopher Reder (R); Brandei Schaefbauer (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 46% (16 of 35)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Mar 31, 2025	Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2025 S.J. 538
Senate	Mar 12, 2025	Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2025 S.J. 517
House	Mar 11, 2025	Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524
Senate	Mar 10, 2025	Signed by the President S.J. 502
House	Mar 6, 2025	House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 14. H.J. 487
House	Mar 5, 2025	Scheduled for hearing
House	Mar 5, 2025	State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3.
House	Feb 13, 2025	First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 287
Senate	Feb 12, 2025	Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 257 Amendment 100E
Senate	Feb 12, 2025	Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 259
Senate	Feb 11, 2025	Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 233
Senate	Feb 10, 2025	State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2.
Senate	Feb 10, 2025	Scheduled for hearing
Senate	Jan 30, 2025	Referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 142
Senate	Jan 27, 2025	First Reading Senate S.J. 100

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Mar 10, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 13, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 26, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
Senate Amendment 100E	Senate Amendment 100E	Feb 12, 2025	State Link	amendment text	Yes

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Do Pass	02/10/2025	7	2	0	0	Yes
Beal, Arch (R) Yea Deibert, Randy (R) Nay Jensen, Kevin (R) Yea Karr, Chris (R) Yea Larson, Elizabeth (D) Nay Lucas-Peterson, Sue (R) Yea Mehlhaff, Jim (R) Yea Perry, Carl (R) Yea Pischke, Tom (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass Amended	02/12/2025	33	2	0	0	Yes
Beal, Arch (R) Yea Blanc, Greg (R) Yea Carley, John (R) Yea Crabtree, Casey (R) Yea Davis, Sydney (R) Yea Deibert, Randy (R) Yea Duhamel, Helene (R) Yea Foster, Red (D) Yea Grove, Tamara (R) Yea Hohn, Joy (R) Yea Howard, Taffy (R) Yea Hulse, Amber (R) Yea Jensen, Kevin (R) Yea Karr, Chris (R) Yea Kolbeck, Steve (R) Yea Lapka, Mark (R) Yea Larson, Elizabeth (D) Nay Lucas-Peterson, Sue (R) Yea Marty, Sam (R) Yea Mehlhaff, Jim (R) Yea Miskimins, Paul (R) Yea Nelson, Lauren (R) Yea Otten, Ernie (R) Yea Perry, Carl (R) Yea Pischke, Tom (R) Yea Reed, Tim (R) Yea Rohl, Michael (R) Yea Sauder, Stephanie (R) Yea Schoenfish, Kyle (R) Yea Smith, Jamie (D) Nay Vilhauer, Glen (R) Yea Voight, Curt (R) Yea Voita, Mykala (R) Yea Wheeler, David (R) Yea Zikmund, Larry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass	03/5/2025	10	3	0	0	Yes
Bahmuller, Jessica (R) Yea Emery, Eric (D) Nay Gosch, Spencer (R) Yea Hansen, Jon (R) Yea Healy, Erin (D) Nay Heinemann, Leslie (R) Yea Jamison, Greg (R) Yea Lems, Karla (R) Yea Odenbach, Scott (R) Yea Overweg, Marty (R) Yea Reisch, Timothy (R) Nay Schaefbauer, Brandei (R) Yea Soye, Bethany (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass Amended	03/6/2025	55	14	0	1	Yes
Andera, Bobbi (R) Yea Arlint, Amber (R) Yea Auch, Julie (R) Yea Aylward, Aaron (R) Yea Bahmuller, Jessica (R) Yea Bathke, Jeff (R) Yea Baxter, Heather (R) Yea Czmowski, Tim (R) Yea Degroot, Roger (R) Absent Derby, Mike (R) Yea Duffy, Steve (R) Yea Emery, Eric (D) Nay Fitzgerald, Mary (R) Yea Garcia, Josephine (R) Yea Goodwin, Timothy (R) Yea Gosch, Spencer (R) Yea Greenfield, Lana (R) Nay Halverson, Jim (R) Nay Hansen, Jon (R) Yea Healy, Erin (D) Nay Heermann, Mellissa (R) Nay Heinemann, Leslie (R) Yea Hughes, John (R) Yea Hunt, Jana (R) Yea Ismay, Travis (R) Yea Jamison, Greg (R) Yea Jensen, Phil (R) Yea Jordan, Dylan (R) Yea Jorgenson, Terri (R) Yea Kassin, Chris (R) Yea Kayser, Tony (R) Yea Kolbeck, Jack (R) Yea Kull, David (R) Nay Ladner, Trish (R) Yea Lems, Karla (R) Yea Manhart, Logan (R) Yea Massie, Curt (R) Yea May, Elizabeth (R) Yea Moore, Scott (R) Yea Mortenson, Will (R) Yea Muckey, Erik (D) Nay Mulally, Tina (R) Yea Mulder, Brian (R) Yea Nolz, Kaley (R) Yea Novstrup, Al (R) Yea Odenbach, Scott (R) Yea Overweg, Marty (R) Yea Peterson, Drew (R) Yea Pourier, Peri (D) Yea Randolph, Tony (R) Yea Reder, Christopher (R) Yea Rehfeldt, Taylor (R) Yea Reimer, Rebecca (R) Yea Reisch, Timothy (R) Nay Rice, Kathy (R) Yea Roby, Matt (R) Yea Roe, Kent (R) Nay Schaefbauer, Brandei (R) Yea Schwans, Tesa (R) Yea Shorma, William (R) Nay Sjaarda, John (R) Yea Soye, Bethany (R) Yea Stevens, Mike (R) Nay Uhre-Balk, Nicole (D) Nay Van Diepen, Kevin (R) Yea Vasgaard, Richard (R) Yea Walburg, Tim (R) Nay Weems, Keri (R) Yea Weisgram, Mike (R) Yea Wittman, Kadyn (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page