---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography."
description: "revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "South Dakota SB 79 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Minors", "Obscenity and Public Indecency", "Penalty", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Aylward", "Bartels", "Blare", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duba", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Frye-Mueller", "Heermann", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Kull", "Massie", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Mulder", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Sauder", "Schaefbauer", "Schoenbeck", "Shorma", "Sjaarda", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a6ddabf-21fc-44e0-a847-0724171c8da1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24991"
source_hash: "2e7c6a7038bc15840f4f9239c83c44b94d18183379d0a7cd04c00f2c0aeefc80"
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 79 (2024) — revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography.

## 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/24991/259215)
2. **79A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/261181.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24991/261879)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24991/264651)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 58 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Prime Sponsor Changed at the Request of the Prime Sponsor , Passed, S.J. 127
- **2024-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-23** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 79A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 184
- **2024-01-29** First read in House and referred to H.J. 188 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 248
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 271 `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 284 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-08 S.J. 285 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-13 S.J. 304 `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/4a6ddabf-21fc-44e0-a847-0724171c8da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).