---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise drone surveillance protections."
description: "revise drone surveillance protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1065 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Drones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Bordeaux", "Castleberry", "Chaffee", "Chase", "Curd", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duhamel", "Ewing", "Finck", "Foster", "Glanzer", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hammock", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Johnson (David)", "Koth", "Miskimins", "Monroe", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Randolph", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Stalzer", "Steele", "Wangsness", "White", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a154c8-1bbf-490b-bd3a-2c7033de428c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1065&Session=2020"
source_hash: "b491a79c051cfb918559077fd817947c2b79205256dcf3fe6dfb966b1f4b61f3"
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 HB 1065 (2020) — revise drone surveillance protections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1065)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=1065)
3. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065HJU.html&Session=2020&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1065)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=1065)
5. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1065)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1065ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1065)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **60–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **8–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 37 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1065E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 232
- **2020-02-10** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 244
- **2020-02-11** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 259 Amendment 1065F
- **2020-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 6. H.J. 259 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 205 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-27** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1065G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 402
- **2020-03-04** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 420 Amendment 1065I
- **2020-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 420 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 1. H.J. 504
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 491
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 H.J. 557 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2020 H.J. 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a154c8-1bbf-490b-bd3a-2c7033de428c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).