---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the possession of a concealed pistol by employees in county courthouses."
description: "authorize the possession of a concealed pistol by employees in county courthouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "South Dakota SB 169 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Crimes", "Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4868e96-afb0-4100-a9f6-af3dac9e0c63"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=169&Session=2020"
source_hash: "3371fc198ff6f25a354a280ae8397c2c1a7ca40205d5277436e1f6c0f208ed24"
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 169 (2020) — authorize the possession of a concealed pistol by employees in county courthouses.

## 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=SB169P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=169)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB169SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=169)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB169ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=169)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **56–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-20** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 169A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 7. S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 409 `introduction, reading-1, 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 10, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 11. H.J. 520 `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/c4868e96-afb0-4100-a9f6-af3dac9e0c63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).