---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein."
description: "prohibit the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1118 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Grants", "Higher Education", "Meat and Meat Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Baxter", "Hughes", "Hunt", "Ismay", "Jordan", "Moore", "Nelson", "Nolz", "Overweg", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Randolph", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aee266d-bd08-48df-a500-bc16776a28e0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26023"
source_hash: "3cc51254233a8d2ba81636d175920e9f6b6d7dd8be6ec4bb0b4807f9f5e8e2c2"
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 HB 1118 (2025) — prohibit the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein.

## 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/26023/278015)
2. **1118B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/279884.pdf)
3. **House Agriculture and Natural Resources Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26023/280334)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26023/282496)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First read in House and referred to H.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-04** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1118B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 215
- **2025-02-07** First Reading Senate S.J. 209
- **2025-02-10** Referred to S.J. 219 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-18** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 297
- **2025-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 347 `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 345 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-24 H.J. 368 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-27 H.J. 418 `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/7aee266d-bd08-48df-a500-bc16776a28e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).