---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize counties to issue off-sale liquor licenses."
description: "authorize counties to issue off-sale liquor licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "South Dakota SB 152 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Mortenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31254727-14b6-4fba-a0bd-6c256f6dcc3e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22203"
source_hash: "d4f97544e177469480a790e8fefeda5f4b3d41c90bfc7eb5dafda326a7de37ca"
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 152 (2021) — authorize counties to issue off-sale liquor licenses.

## 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/22203/214765)
2. **152B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216830.pdf)
3. **152C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217127.pdf)
4. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22203/217182)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22203/219014)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Mortenson — 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`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 152B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 152C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-16** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 266
- **2021-02-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 304 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-01** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 469 `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/31254727-14b6-4fba-a0bd-6c256f6dcc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).