---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize service animals in-training to enter certain establishments."
description: "authorize service animals in-training to enter certain establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "South Dakota SB 84 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals and Livestock", "Personal Rights and Obligations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Beal", "Blare", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Curd", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Finck", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Gross", "Koth", "Lake", "Langer", "Miskimins", "Novstrup", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Overweg", "Perry", "Qualm", "Reed", "Reimer", "Rounds", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt", "Steele", "Wangsness", "Weis", "White", "Wiik", "Wismer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36c43503-20dc-4a48-806a-1d908c4edf50"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=84&Session=2020"
source_hash: "a7467890740f8e2e2a50d2349c9159ef185995755f4d24154038476e9bd25341"
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 84 (2020) — authorize service animals in-training to enter certain establishments.

## 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=SB84P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=84)
2. **House Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB84HLO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Local Government&Bill=84)
3. **Senate Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB84SLO.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Local Government&Bill=84)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB84ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=84)

## Votes

- - 2020HB 1028, HB 1031, SB 84, HB 1031, HB 1028, SB 84 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Weis — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 98 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 84B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 0. S.J. 169 `passage`
- **2020-02-10** First Reading House H.J. 243
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 433 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 84C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12. H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 480
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `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/36c43503-20dc-4a48-806a-1d908c4edf50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).