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+type: "Bill"
+title: "make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful."
+description: "make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 79"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 79 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Assault", "Law Enforcement", "Penalty"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Blare", "Chaffee", "Curd", "Derby", "Drury", "Duhamel", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson (David)", "Koth", "Milstead", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Reed", "Rusch", "Smith (VJ)", "Stalzer", "Symens", "Zikmund"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32070add-42fc-40ab-aeea-e008c90721f1"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21797"
+source_hash: "23139564ffbacded9e2100c1aa3a919a9fdc498a7055c564c12f1141ae7db62f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 79 (2021) — make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21797/211762)
+2. **79A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/213514.pdf)
+3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21797/214705)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21797/219782)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **65–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barthel — primary (person)
+- Blare — primary (person)
+- Chaffee — primary (person)
+- Curd — primary (person)
+- Derby — primary (person)
+- Drury — primary (person)
+- Duhamel — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
+- Hoffman — primary (person)
+- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
+- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
+- Koth — primary (person)
+- Milstead — primary (person)
+- Novstrup — primary (person)
+- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- Rusch — primary (person)
+- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
+- Stalzer — primary (person)
+- Symens — primary (person)
+- Zikmund — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 65 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
+- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
+- **2021-01-28** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 79A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-01-28** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
+- **2021-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 159
+- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 195
+- **2021-02-04** Referred to H.J. 213 `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2021-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 500
+- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32070add-42fc-40ab-aeea-e008c90721f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+