---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding drones."
description: "revise provisions regarding drones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "South Dakota SB 169 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aviation", "Crimes", "Drones", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee43eb87-55b8-4682-a7e1-12639fc6491e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24626"
source_hash: "2fe75db4a1902d5d006b49d2f0e2dae613348175791866ee1c7e5ca8b35225c1"
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 169 (2024) — revise 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/24626/262738)
2. **169B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/263756.pdf)
3. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24626/264935)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24626/266220)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 182 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-02-07** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 169B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2024-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 298
- **2024-02-13** First read in House and referred to H.J. 319 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-20** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 22 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 22
- **2024-02-21** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 367
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 375
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 407 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 482 `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/ee43eb87-55b8-4682-a7e1-12639fc6491e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).