---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provision regarding the regulation of fireworks and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise certain provision regarding the regulation of fireworks and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "South Dakota SB 56 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Fees", "Fireworks", "Licenses", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Latterell", "Maher", "McCleerey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bab360-03bb-40d2-8750-f3bb548bb713"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=56&Session=2019"
source_hash: "38d72b1448a54a23582e5d74b4b113e41a365d70d73fa4ff6d3f58fd3221136f"
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 56 (2019) — revise certain provision regarding the regulation of fireworks and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 56cb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd56cb.htm)
2. **Amendment 56wa** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd56wa.htm)
3. **Amendment 56wb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd56wb.htm)
4. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56HCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=56)
5. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=56)
6. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=56)
7. **Senate Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56SCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Commerce and Energy&Bill=56)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=56)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019SB 56, SB 56 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 122 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-24** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 56wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 56wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 160 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 198
- **2019-01-31** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 248
- **2019-02-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 266
- **2019-02-06** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 287 Amendment 56wc
- **2019-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 294 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Title amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 294 Amendment 56wta
- **2019-02-07** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 56cb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 564 `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 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 634 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 661
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 675
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 710
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 679 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 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/49bab360-03bb-40d2-8750-f3bb548bb713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).