---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the conditional carrying of a concealed pistol in the state capitol by certain persons."
description: "authorize the conditional carrying of a concealed pistol in the state capitol by certain persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "South Dakota SB 115 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Concealed Carry Permit", "Crimes", "Firearm", "Law Enforcement", "Public Property", "Purchases", "and Contracts", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Bolin", "Chaffee", "Chase", "Curd", "DiSanto", "Finck", "Gosch", "Hammock", "Howard", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Karr", "Langer", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Qualm", "Randolph", "Russell", "Stalzer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba2fed0-2fc9-479a-8215-c55fd7f0fdd3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=115&Session=2019"
source_hash: "dc61efab178de2c5c1a1794dc7f94e6ff8fc83708294027132b2dca8fc70f9e8"
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 115 (2019) — authorize the conditional carrying of a concealed pistol in the state capitol by certain persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 115ya** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd115ya.htm)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB115P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=115)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB115SJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=115)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB115ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=115)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **8–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 185 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 115ya `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2. S.J. 381 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13. S.J. 433 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 463 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4. H.J. 562 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 591
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 19. H.J. 609 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 618
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 670
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2019 S.J. 642 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 18, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ba2fed0-2fc9-479a-8215-c55fd7f0fdd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).