---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish exceptions regarding the possession of a pistol by a minor."
description: "establish exceptions regarding the possession of a pistol by a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "South Dakota SB 120 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Hoghouse", "Law Enforcement", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Brunner", "Curd", "Ewing", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Gross", "Hammock", "Haugaard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kolbeck", "Monroe", "Mulally", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Randolph", "Stalzer", "Steele", "Wiik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b3fa42-6760-463b-8f28-d62d1e5f57d4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=120&Session=2020"
source_hash: "e0d2c41ffdebdc8782f1b97e1d41980a6540e3cb9a3a4f3003fa93f356a0717a"
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 120 (2020) — establish exceptions regarding the possession of a pistol by a minor.

## 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=SB120P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=120)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB120SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=120)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB120ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=120)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020SB 25, SB 27, SB 44, SB 45, SB 81, SB 89, SB 91, SB 98, SB 120, SB 124, SB 149, SB 25, SB 44, SB 91, SB 27, SB 45, SB 81, SB 89, SB 98, SB 120, SB 124, SB 149 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 118 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 120A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 231 `passage`
- **2020-02-18** First Reading House H.J. 298
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 411 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Referred to House State Affairs, Passed H.J. 439 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 475
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 25, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37b3fa42-6760-463b-8f28-d62d1e5f57d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).