---
type: "Bill"
title: "identify the means of conducting a criminal background check for the renewal of a gold card or an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol."
description: "identify the means of conducting a criminal background check for the renewal of a gold card or an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "South Dakota SB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Schaefbauer", "Stalzer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9aad9ba-5aca-4107-b6bc-9c4c2f3c04ca"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24131"
source_hash: "32a22150e5437fe955a4061a84e2518594d0c071e3da2ee8fe7f7929752f213e"
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 98 (2023) — identify the means of conducting a criminal background check for the renewal of a gold card or an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

## 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/24131/245656)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24131/249724)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 102 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 192 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 232
- **2023-02-07** Referred to H.J. 248 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 325 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 310 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 S.J. 347 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/c9aad9ba-5aca-4107-b6bc-9c4c2f3c04ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).