---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to death by distribution of a Schedule I or II substance."
description: "revise provisions related to death by distribution of a Schedule I or II substance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "South Dakota SB 6 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Crimes", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Chase", "Crabtree", "Drury", "Mortenson", "Mulder", "Peterson (Drew)", "Rehfeldt", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Tobin", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e023c20c-533a-46a3-bbc8-4d769153ceed"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24461"
source_hash: "5379f91e5904597838c4bddf3ac5fc9c368f9ef199701533a00f9b2801bc57b6"
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 6 (2024) — revise provisions related to death by distribution of a Schedule I or II substance.

## 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/24461/256795)
2. **6A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260105.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24461/264236)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24461/266738)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 20 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 6A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 258
- **2024-02-06** First read in House and referred to H.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 406
- **2024-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 3 H.J. 414
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-04 S.J. 464 `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/e023c20c-533a-46a3-bbc8-4d769153ceed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).