---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the minimum hunting age."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the minimum hunting age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "South Dakota SB 137 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "Parks", "and Forestry", "Hunting", "Licensing", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunner", "Cammack", "Chase", "Clark", "Dennert", "Frerichs", "Heinert", "Kettwig", "Kolbeck", "Latterell", "Livermont", "Lust", "Maher", "May", "McCleerey", "Nelson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Rasmussen", "Rhoden", "Soholt", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3d2300-9922-4c94-bfda-a4b13a7ff9a2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=137&Session=2018"
source_hash: "de89536355680d3ad94a8d84bf9de810a3a083a458882c563ac2032ef0b80d54"
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 137 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the minimum hunting age.

## 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=SB137P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=137)
2. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB137SAG.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources&Bill=137)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB137ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=137)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **44–20** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **30–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brunner — primary (person)
- Cammack — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 226 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 137fa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 316 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4. S.J. 373 `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 358 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2. H.J. 664 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 20. H.J. 688 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 776 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 S.J. 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a3d2300-9922-4c94-bfda-a4b13a7ff9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).