---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize, regulate, and tax wagering on sporting events within the city limits of Deadwood and provide a penalty for a violation thereof."
description: "authorize, regulate, and tax wagering on sporting events within the city limits of Deadwood and provide a penalty for a violation thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "South Dakota SB 44 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Gambling", "Penalty", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/672e1263-1d92-497e-ab55-5947b454882f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21865"
source_hash: "f2436ffa82146d3f340e8a80ba1da24dc1f2aaa06d340e18845f470d94fc6e69"
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 44 (2021) — authorize, regulate, and tax wagering on sporting events within the city limits of Deadwood and provide a penalty for a violation thereof.

## 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/21865/210420)
2. **44B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215023.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21865/216761)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21865/219764)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 44B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Amend the amendment , Passed,
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 228
- **2021-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 272 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 284 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 8 H.J. 496
- **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/672e1263-1d92-497e-ab55-5947b454882f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).