---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish certain provisions regarding microbreweries and malt beverage manufacturers."
description: "establish certain provisions regarding microbreweries and malt beverage manufacturers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "South Dakota SB 173 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Beal", "Chase", "Clark", "Conzet", "Cronin", "Curd", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Haverly", "Heinert", "Kolbeck", "Lake", "Maher", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peters", "Pischke", "Rhoden", "Rounds", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Turbiville", "White", "Wiik", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc5ee9c-17ec-4094-acbc-32eac80a4b9f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=173&Session=2018"
source_hash: "dd7d327b5f6182a22b6edab826656eec45b5eaa2265586dece0ab7168c2eea58"
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 173 (2018) — establish certain provisions regarding microbreweries and malt beverage manufacturers.

## 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=SB173P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=173)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB173S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=173)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB173ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=173)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Conzet — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 247 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2. S.J. 397 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 431
- **2018-02-20** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 500
- **2018-02-22** Senate Hoghoused, Passed S.J. 562 Amendment 173ob
- **2018-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 567 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 567 Amendment 173ota
- **2018-02-23** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 577 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1. H.J. 679 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3. H.J. 711 `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/afc5ee9c-17ec-4094-acbc-32eac80a4b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).