---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide limitations on the use of lighting equipment while hunting."
description: "provide limitations on the use of lighting equipment while hunting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "South Dakota SB 162 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Bordeaux", "Castleberry", "Chase", "Dennert", "Ewing", "Finck", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Gross", "Heinert", "Johnson (David)", "Klumb", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "Monroe", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Rounds", "Saba", "Steinhauer", "Sullivan", "Wiese", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ee7aa2-1c96-4296-8bb9-5af16d1b3052"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=162&Session=2020"
source_hash: "85464ccee7cbeb45d8fc560ebeaf2376b1fdf8490f64fd966dbced47371e7007"
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 162 (2020) — provide limitations on the use of lighting equipment while hunting.

## 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=SB162P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=162)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB162S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=162)
3. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB162SAG.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources&Bill=162)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB162ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=162)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176, SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176 — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 154 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-13** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 162A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-19** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 256
- **2020-02-20** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 295 Amendment 162B
- **2020-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 295 `passage`
- **2020-02-21** First Reading House H.J. 351
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 422 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 451 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 421
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 24, 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/a9ee7aa2-1c96-4296-8bb9-5af16d1b3052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).