---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove the locking seal requirement for the transportation of big game animals."
description: "remove the locking seal requirement for the transportation of big game animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1035 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6b2d7b7-10a8-48fb-94d7-6b8cdd545c14"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22025"
source_hash: "eadaa75a04f2e35582b62e1d2bafd10ead958536580f4557b6fbf11f419baf85"
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 HB 1035 (2021) — remove the locking seal requirement for the transportation of big game animals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22025/210654)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22025/217612)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- Reconsidered — **49–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–36** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **45–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 1 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-21** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 113
- **2021-01-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 36 H.J. 121 `failure`
- **2021-01-25** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 121
- **2021-01-26** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 21 H.J. 127
- **2021-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 25 H.J. 128 `passage`
- **2021-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 124 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-11** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 270 `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 307 `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 297 `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-22 H.J. 326 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-25 H.J. 396 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6b2d7b7-10a8-48fb-94d7-6b8cdd545c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).