---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the use of artificial light and night-vision equipment while hunting coyotes and other predators."
description: "provide for the use of artificial light and night-vision equipment while hunting coyotes and other predators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "South Dakota SB 73 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Crabtree", "Dennert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Finck", "Foster", "Frye-Mueller", "Hoffman (Charlie)", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Johnson (David)", "Koth", "Otten (Herman)", "Overweg", "Pischke", "Rohl", "Smith (V. J.)", "St. John", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b1f904-55bd-4f7f-af94-c328bd983e3c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22919"
source_hash: "22ab947950c30d994b72d254e8abfbf44c4407d6dc717506ad3341217154f5d9"
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 73 (2022) — provide for the use of artificial light and night-vision equipment while hunting coyotes and other predators.

## Version chain

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

1. **73A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229319.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Hoffman (Charlie) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 9 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-01-25** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 Amendment 73A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Hoghoused , Passed,
- **2022-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 S.J. 1
- **2022-02-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 174
- **2022-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 212 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-02-24** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 483
- **2022-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-02 S.J. 435 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-09 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/85b1f904-55bd-4f7f-af94-c328bd983e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).