---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise criminal provisions regarding certain visual recordings or photographic devices."
description: "revise criminal provisions regarding certain visual recordings or photographic devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1204"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1204 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Sexual Harassment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Chaffee", "Drury", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Hoffman", "Johnson (David)", "Keintz", "Mulally", "Olson", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Symens", "Thomason", "Tobin", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1566d10d-3914-4445-a599-64401ef2e8dc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22162"
source_hash: "ffe41cb5dc0ca9a9da8ddcae1f92cbcc2e047d72026dbbf990c27af29004535d"
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 1204 (2021) — revise criminal provisions regarding certain visual recordings or photographic devices.

## 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/22162/215483)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22162/219758)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Keintz — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Thomason — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First read in House and referred to H.J. 177 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 323 `passage`
- **2021-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 304 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 450 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **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/1566d10d-3914-4445-a599-64401ef2e8dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).