---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish a legislative study to study offenses regarding controlled substances."
description: "establish a legislative study to study offenses regarding controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "South Dakota SB 167 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hoghouse Vehicle", "Legislature and Statutes", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Partridge"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b5c7a29-6e71-4685-808c-0b93fd1e1a33"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=167&Session=2019"
source_hash: "bc262afb5419140a05e690ef126e1ca04932102315535aae13cc7b25fdea06bb"
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 167 (2019) — establish a legislative study to study offenses regarding controlled substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 167ja** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd167ja.htm)
2. **Amendment 167wa** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd167wa.htm)
3. **Amendment 167wb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd167wb.htm)
4. **Amendment 167wc** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd167wc.htm)
5. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=167)
6. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167HJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=167)
7. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=167)
8. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167SAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=167)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=167)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Partridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 229 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed Amendment 167jta
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed S.J. 442 Amendment 167wta
- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 5. S.J. 505 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 552 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-04** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167wc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Judiciary Title amended, Passed H.J. 598 Amendment 167wtb
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 17. H.J. 691 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 691 Amendment 167wtc
- **2019-03-11** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 679
- **2019-03-12** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2. S.J. 693
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 716
- **2019-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 756
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 13, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 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/9b5c7a29-6e71-4685-808c-0b93fd1e1a33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).