---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove certain restrictions on gifts of agricultural land."
description: "remove certain restrictions on gifts of agricultural land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1155 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Land", "Nonprofit Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Davis", "Goodwin", "Hoffman", "Koth", "Mortenson", "Odenbach", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Weisgram", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63cd8e0d-fc0a-4ac9-93c8-a3b355450b41"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21903"
source_hash: "38f6031aba3a16e69b1185956081c204453319b773470da006e3fd487fcf75c0"
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 1155 (2021) — remove certain restrictions on gifts of agricultural land.

## 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/21903/214750)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21903/219918)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First Reading House H.J. 148
- **2021-02-02** Referred to H.J. 178 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 209 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 292 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 383 `passage`
- **2021-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 H.J. 547 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `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/63cd8e0d-fc0a-4ac9-93c8-a3b355450b41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).