---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor."
description: "prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "South Dakota SB 81 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Banking", "Confidential Information", "Firearms", "Penalty", "Trade"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Baxter", "Carley", "Crabtree", "Foster", "Grove", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jorgenson", "Mehlhaff", "Nelson", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Reder", "Sjaarda", "Voita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee092028-9ecb-45ad-8727-e7c7dabaeffb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25920"
source_hash: "45334a0e14a926eba030279ea1e260a390746375afc73d0b770e355c5f2b78d8"
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 81 (2025) — prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil 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/25920/275851)
2. **81A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/276339.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25920/278030)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25920/281768)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jorgenson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reder — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 62 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 81A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2025-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 145
- **2025-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 172 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 255
- **2025-02-12** Signed by the President S.J. 244 `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 295 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-18 S.J. 277 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-25 S.J. 367 `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/ee092028-9ecb-45ad-8727-e7c7dabaeffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).