---
type: "Bill"
title: "limit the liability of permit and certificate-issuing entities and certified use of force instructors."
description: "limit the liability of permit and certificate-issuing entities and certified use of force instructors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1222 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Law Enforcement", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "May", "Perry", "Stalzer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b221792d-7fd2-428e-80bb-7b9047975e43"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23664"
source_hash: "03683853110ac5f3de9359dbab7e81ebb6778a0527e03e757434925e6ca51acd"
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 HB 1222 (2023) — limit the liability of permit and certificate-issuing entities and certified use of force instructors.

## 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/23664/248012)
2. **1222A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248643.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23664/248683)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23664/249926)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Prime Sponsor Changed at the Request of the Prime Sponsor , Passed, H.J. 193
- **2023-02-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 195 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-06** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1222A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2023-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 262
- **2023-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 235 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-16** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 5
- **2023-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 302
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 H.J. 378 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 H.J. 398 `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/b221792d-7fd2-428e-80bb-7b9047975e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).