---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain tobacco manufacturers to assign to the state the interest of the manufacturer in any money in a qualified escrow fund."
description: "authorize certain tobacco manufacturers to assign to the state the interest of the manufacturer in any money in a qualified escrow fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "South Dakota SB 21 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government", "Taxation", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00dac709-4846-485c-bc09-cf0cf4983f48"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=21&Session=2019"
source_hash: "39b7e561b3c5908bbeaa8b261a107c99d694fe71f808ebed6eef32d007b64324"
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 21 (2019) — authorize certain tobacco manufacturers to assign to the state the interest of the manufacturer in any money in a qualified escrow fund.

## 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=SB21P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=21)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB21ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=21)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019SB 11, SB 20, SB 21, HB 1029, HB 1057 — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 25 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-15** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 95 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 108
- **2019-01-17** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 128 `passage`
- **2019-01-22** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 147 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-28** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 217 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0. H.J. 236 `passage`
- **2019-01-30** Signed by the President S.J. 220
- **2019-01-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 273
- **2019-01-31** Delivered to the Governor on January 31, 2019 S.J. 246 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-06** Signed by the Governor on February 5, 2019 S.J. 271 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00dac709-4846-485c-bc09-cf0cf4983f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).