---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the use of night vision equipment in hunting."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the use of night vision equipment in hunting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1219 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "Parks", "and Forestry", "Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennert", "Duvall", "Frerichs", "Kaiser", "Livermont", "Marty", "May", "Qualm", "Rhoden", "Rounds", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d329c5-c039-4e61-a774-bf56edc06a91"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1219&Session=2018"
source_hash: "3e475ab37bdc51c4b308c00cf276ebc8558b919f643fd60c6012e19d49947d5a"
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 HB 1219 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the use of night vision equipment in hunting.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1219P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1219)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1219ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1219)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **46–21** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **30–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennert — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 202 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2. H.J. 353 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 21. H.J. 380 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-15** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2. S.J. 478 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 540
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2018 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26d329c5-c039-4e61-a774-bf56edc06a91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).