---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow for unlicensed businesses to store alcoholic beverages."
description: "allow for unlicensed businesses to store alcoholic beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "South Dakota SB 188 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson (Chris)", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a435ccd4-e8e9-46ca-9c6f-bb504aebe956"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22819"
source_hash: "b6795f641f7e9707fa9b436d6bdb624b784085f117cd529827dc8496fd0f4461"
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 188 (2022) — allow for unlicensed businesses to store alcoholic beverages.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **188A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232739.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-10** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 188A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-02-16** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 276 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** First Reading House H.J. 368
- **2022-02-22** Referred to H.J. 404 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 6 H.J. 494
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 543 `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/a435ccd4-e8e9-46ca-9c6f-bb504aebe956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).