---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions."
description: "exempt from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1081 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Beal", "Borglum", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Finck", "Gross", "Hunhoff", "Johnson (David)", "Kolbeck", "Olson", "Partridge", "Post", "Reed", "Reimer", "Rounds", "Schoenbeck", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8506f1ba-b98f-4f89-92aa-a0f82e649e38"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1081&Session=2020"
source_hash: "405bab233d35aae814fd4d2dc66e7767e68fcd921a60fc461d99dcb9039845f0"
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 1081 (2020) — exempt from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions.

## 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=HB1081P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1081)
2. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1081HED.html&Session=2020&Version=House Education&Bill=1081)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1081S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=1081)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1081ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1081)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **56–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Post — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First Reading House H.J. 57
- **2020-01-28** Referred to House Education H.J. 76 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1081A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Amend the amendment, Passed Amendment 1081B
- **2020-02-05** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 9. H.J. 231 `passage`
- **2020-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 175 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 258 Amendment 1081D
- **2020-02-19** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 258 Amendment 1081E
- **2020-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2. S.J. 258 `passage`
- **2020-02-21** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12. H.J. 345
- **2020-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 370
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 344
- **2020-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2020 H.J. 396 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the Governor on March 02, 2020 H.J. 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8506f1ba-b98f-4f89-92aa-a0f82e649e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).