---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide protections for the exercise of religious freedom."
description: "provide protections for the exercise of religious freedom."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "South Dakota SB 124 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney's Fees", "Court Costs", "Local Government Generally", "Religion", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695d730e-3cce-4695-be84-5536f0a73444"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22127"
source_hash: "658604beb0959b7cd924f5fc483a6a80ff7ac57a239002d198176c2d9cf59683"
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 124 (2021) — provide protections for the exercise of religious freedom.

## 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/22127/214181)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22127/219024)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 135 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 251
- **2021-02-16** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 265 `passage`
- **2021-02-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 304 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 472 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 422 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 460 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 472 `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/695d730e-3cce-4695-be84-5536f0a73444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).