---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement."
description: "prohibit the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "South Dakota SB 7 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bathke", "Baxter", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Fitzgerald", "Grove", "Howard", "Hulse", "Ismay", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kull", "Manhart", "Massie", "Mehlhaff", "Miskimins", "Otten", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Roby", "Rohl", "Venhuizen", "Vilhauer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14094821-82a6-412a-b9e6-b74759b86c25"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25627"
source_hash: "76fa5be2084d702d8bf10eb0fcabc4eec61f6749bb82574fb8da71e067b94b85"
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 7 (2025) — prohibit the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement.

## 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/25627/272393)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25627/279900)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bathke — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## 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`
- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-23** Judiciary 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** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 175 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Signed by the President S.J. 160 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 188 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-04 S.J. 168 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-10** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-10 S.J. 214 `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/14094821-82a6-412a-b9e6-b74759b86c25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).