---
type: "Bill"
title: "regulate the use of auxiliary containers."
description: "regulate the use of auxiliary containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "South Dakota SB 54 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government Generally", "Preemption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Brunner", "Curd", "Deutsch", "Ewing", "Finck", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Gross", "Hunhoff", "Kolbeck", "Koth", "Langer", "Maher", "Monroe", "Mulally", "Novstrup", "Partridge", "Post", "Qualm", "Reimer", "Rounds", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Wiik", "Willadsen", "York", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/016bf2c3-0244-4093-ab8b-2f5065e77e9c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=54&Session=2020"
source_hash: "66353bcc3c55ad46f4f6134b5aafe71394c0e41ae45cbfca4dbbc1596e30f722"
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 54 (2020) — regulate the use of auxiliary containers.

## 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=SB54P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=54)
2. **Senate Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB54SCO.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Commerce and Energy&Bill=54)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB54ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=54)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **30–33** (fail) · lower
- Reconsidered - 2020 — **50–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **46–24** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Post — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 56 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-28** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. Amendment 54D
- **2020-01-28** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 12. S.J. 122 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 118 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-12** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Failed, YEAS 30, NAYS 33. H.J. 281 `failure`
- **2020-02-13** Intent to reconsider H.J. 281
- **2020-02-18** House of Representatives Reconsidered, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 20. H.J. 295
- **2020-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 24. H.J. 296 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Signed by the President S.J. 259
- **2020-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 340
- **2020-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on February 21, 2020 S.J. 302 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02** Signed by the Governor on February 27, 2020 S.J. 378 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/016bf2c3-0244-4093-ab8b-2f5065e77e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).