---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish the crime of possession, manufacturing, or distribution of obscene dolls."
description: "establish the crime of possession, manufacturing, or distribution of obscene dolls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "South Dakota SB 126 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Minors", "Obscenity and Public Indecency", "Penalty", "Sexual Harassment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Castleberry", "Crabtree", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Hansen", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Koth", "Milstead", "Reed", "Reimer", "Rusch", "Symens", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961a04d0-c26e-496c-910e-e039ac1ace3c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22193"
source_hash: "62358e44a150981d9c222721f113b43f2cb0dc10282ec4c1f9a24783515a5f1d"
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 126 (2021) — establish the crime of possession, manufacturing, or distribution of obscene dolls.

## 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/22193/214381)
2. **126A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217178.pdf)
3. **126B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217444.pdf)
4. **126C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218141.pdf)
5. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22193/218194)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22193/219730)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **3–3** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 134 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 126A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 3, NAYS 3 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 126B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 126C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 352
- **2021-03-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 439 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 495 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/961a04d0-c26e-496c-910e-e039ac1ace3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).