---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to provide for a special hunting license with the proceeds to be used for habitat."
description: "authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to provide for a special hunting license with the proceeds to be used for habitat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "South Dakota SB 153 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules", "Fees", "Game", "Fish", "and Parks", "Hunting", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bf2d5cf-99e4-4ea5-bb6d-2a54b09e1ede"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=153&Session=2019"
source_hash: "e31949ea3ff5a974d363c7e4c1c47b598156053b2e83b885169221641cd0ff22"
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 153 (2019) — authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to provide for a special hunting license with the proceeds to be used for habitat.

## 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=SB153P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=153)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB153S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=153)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB153ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=153)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **61–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 213 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-12** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1. S.J. 340 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 371 Amendment 153ja
- **2019-02-13** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17), Passed S.J. 372
- **2019-02-19** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 400
- **2019-02-20** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 434 Amendment 153oa
- **2019-02-20** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 434 Amendment 153ob
- **2019-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4. S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 463 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. H.J. 583 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 612
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 3. H.J. 637 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 637
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bf2d5cf-99e4-4ea5-bb6d-2a54b09e1ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).