---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the minimum age requirements for a hunting license."
description: "clarify the minimum age requirements for a hunting license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "South Dakota SB 41 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Licensure", "Minors", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e63cfa8-7c3b-4862-a3d0-eee921dc0463"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25584"
source_hash: "37d9e735cc5c46e504c0329ab8a57dab83db4029e473247dd9ecd72755a64b69"
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 41 (2025) — clarify the minimum age requirements for a hunting license.

## 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/25584/273318)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25584/279897)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-23** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-01-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 90 `passage`
- **2025-01-27** First read in House and referred to H.J. 120 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-30** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 172 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Signed by the President S.J. 168 `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 207 `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-06 S.J. 192 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-11** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-11 S.J. 224 `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/9e63cfa8-7c3b-4862-a3d0-eee921dc0463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).