---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk."
description: "provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "South Dakota SB 173 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Hunting", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otten (Herman)", "Pinnow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574d700e-68e2-426e-926a-7866443fa2a1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25076"
source_hash: "fdf30f52dbb42702cae23c7b6110ae6274ba74886d00749e6412628a29599290"
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 173 (2024) — provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk.

## 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/25076/262761)
2. **173A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265119.pdf)
3. **173B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266051.pdf)
4. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25076/265934)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25076/266112)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25076/266927)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **3–3** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **57–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 173A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 3, NAYS 3
- **2024-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-20** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-21** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 377 Amendment 173B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 377
- **2024-02-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 374 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-27** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 12 H.J. 428
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/574d700e-68e2-426e-926a-7866443fa2a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).