---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the penalty for certain assaults committed against firefighters, ambulance service, or health care facility personnel while engaged in the performance of their duties."
description: "increase the penalty for certain assaults committed against firefighters, ambulance service, or health care facility personnel while engaged in the performance of their duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1293 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Frerichs", "Glanzer", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Holmes", "Jamison", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Kolbeck", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Ring", "Smith", "Stevens", "Sutton", "Wismer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a82fb9a-d35e-45c6-868b-a91bb39ad546"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1293&Session=2018"
source_hash: "6e1bf7e05b9f84f6d633d637c338531a64d9aea5d5f62cce1d388f1aeae0a1f9"
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 1293 (2018) — increase the penalty for certain assaults committed against firefighters, ambulance service, or health care facility personnel while engaged in the performance of their duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1293HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1293)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1293P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1293)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1293SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1293)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1293ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1293)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018HB 1004, HB 1129, HB 1053, HB 1188, HB 1293 — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **52–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 286 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1293ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Title amended, Passed H.J. 453 Amendment 1293jta
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 496 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 528 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1293jc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Title amended, Passed S.J. 631 Amendment 1293wta
- **2018-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 693 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 15. H.J. 723
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a82fb9a-d35e-45c6-868b-a91bb39ad546`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).