---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "South Dakota SB 59 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5fe8906-8468-4de9-ac13-7f77deddc0a1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25666"
source_hash: "9cd929e271f8aab2097579cce26f04f318b0ac267e6773410d512f978dc7e92b"
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 59 (2025) — revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, and to provide a penalty therefor.

## 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/25666/274651)
2. **59B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281011.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25666/281124)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25666/283820)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-02-06** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 59B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Amend the amendment , Passed,
- **2025-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 221
- **2025-02-11** First read in House and referred to H.J. 254 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 23 H.J. 454
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 455 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 529 `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/d5fe8906-8468-4de9-ac13-7f77deddc0a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).