---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding brand inspections."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding brand inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "South Dakota SB 156 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules", "Agriculture and Horticulture", "Animals and Livestock", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunner", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "Maher", "Rhoden", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2aa7c48-5632-48b7-ae10-ce37a56c3327"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=156&Session=2018"
source_hash: "8ed0b123490f8e7c42a0e1856584590342e537b4ab5c46b199c4952328abb786"
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 156 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding brand inspections.

## 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=SB156P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=156)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB156ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=156)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **30–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **63–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brunner — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 243 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 315 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 358 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 333 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 386 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 462
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 501
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 539
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 565
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 603
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 1. H.J. 682 `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 22, 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/c2aa7c48-5632-48b7-ae10-ce37a56c3327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).