---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain prohibitions regarding methamphetamines and to create a mandatory penalty for a violation thereof and revise certain sentencing criteria for methamphetamine and opioids."
description: "revise certain prohibitions regarding methamphetamines and to create a mandatory penalty for a violation thereof and revise certain sentencing criteria for methamphetamine and opioids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "South Dakota SB 63 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b7d0c35-587e-4204-84cc-0d2cf9435cc4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=63&Session=2018"
source_hash: "5e528def50e9cc3af83b9d40ba12bba83de9ed4cbd6927796f11d3523b07abee"
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 63 (2018) — revise certain prohibitions regarding methamphetamines and to create a mandatory penalty for a violation thereof and revise certain sentencing criteria for methamphetamine and opioids.

## Version chain

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

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=63)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=63)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=63)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=63)
5. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=63)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB63ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=63)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **26–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee - 2018 — **19–13** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **20–9** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **55–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 63wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 416 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 446
- **2018-02-15** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 491 Amendment 63wb
- **2018-02-15** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 9. S.J. 491 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 490 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 63wd `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. H.J. 643 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 1. H.J. 686 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 13. S.J. 769
- **2018-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 776
- **2018-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 782 Amendment CC63a
- **2018-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 10. H.J. 784
- **2018-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 780 Amendment cc63a
- **2018-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 9. S.J. 785
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 788
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 791
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 790 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2018 S.J. 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b7d0c35-587e-4204-84cc-0d2cf9435cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).