---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding drones."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding drones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "South Dakota SB 74 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Drones"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Chaffee", "Chase", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Finck", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Haugaard", "Hoffman", "Johnson (David)", "Koth", "Lesmeister", "Mulally", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Peterson (Kent)", "Rusch", "Symens", "Thomason", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dff99fe-eb27-4cac-9507-32324d1026b8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21802"
source_hash: "5175e6e58061bc0803b8e678a9e7a1cb4e238a77b9241998306dc228b80bbc2c"
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 74 (2021) — revise certain provisions regarding drones.

## 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/21802/211491)
2. **74D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/213949.pdf)
3. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21802/214043)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21802/217213)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Thomason — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 66 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-27** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 74D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 149
- **2021-02-02** First Reading House H.J. 179
- **2021-02-03** Referred to H.J. 195 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 273 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the President S.J. 251 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-16 S.J. 258 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-22** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-22 S.J. 300 `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/8dff99fe-eb27-4cac-9507-32324d1026b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).