---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding drug deliveries that result in death and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding drug deliveries that result in death and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "South Dakota SB 65 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f92829d4-3c9f-4f24-8840-9e954b47209f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=65&Session=2018"
source_hash: "b23895938324b17c6b80b08d82dfb8c4140a8eacc10ade9738bd1cbd6300bff9"
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 65 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding drug deliveries that result in death and to provide a penalty therefor.

## 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=SB65P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=65)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB65SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=65)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB65ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=65)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **32–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **5–1** (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. 25 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 65ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1. S.J. 417 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3. S.J. 449 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 437 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 643 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 669
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 685 `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 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/f92829d4-3c9f-4f24-8840-9e954b47209f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).