---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail."
description: "permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "South Dakota SB 79 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bicycles", "Recreation and Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Baxter", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Grove", "Howard", "Hughes", "Ismay", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kassin", "Ladner", "Larson", "Manhart", "Marty", "May", "Moore", "Mulally", "Nelson", "Odenbach", "Otten", "Perry", "Randolph", "Rice", "Schwans", "Vilhauer", "Voight", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f117a18e-6ea8-4276-a75b-0d9f352e29f2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25700"
source_hash: "3a6f121f61888ff258aa7fb629eb228d49dc758f469b45cb104eae7fc3781f5b"
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 (2025) — permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail.

## 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/25700/275756)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25700/283252)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Schwans — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** First Reading Senate S.J. 58
- **2025-01-22** Referred to S.J. 72 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 129 `passage`
- **2025-01-30** First read in House and referred to H.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-25** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 5 H.J. 411 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 411 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 528 `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/f117a18e-6ea8-4276-a75b-0d9f352e29f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).