---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal."
description: "allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "South Dakota SB 172 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals and Livestock", "Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Duba", "Larson", "Mulder", "Pischke", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b09fdf3-ce5a-4b35-a847-e4c8867100c8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25199"
source_hash: "fd15ba61ab843593c84b422b8f1fb5cb97f3559cd6c4c792d2aeaea39e78bcdf"
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 172 (2024) — allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal.

## 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/25199/262755)
2. **172A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/264186.pdf)
3. **172B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265652.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25199/266236)
5. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25199/264447)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25199/266582)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **55–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-02** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 172A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 270
- **2024-02-07** First read in House and referred to H.J. 279 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-13** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 337
- **2024-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 348
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 362
- **2024-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 369
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 377 Amendment 172B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 14 H.J. 377
- **2024-02-26** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 410
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 432 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 `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/0b09fdf3-ce5a-4b35-a847-e4c8867100c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).