---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend the definition of law enforcement officer to include tribal law enforcement officers."
description: "amend the definition of law enforcement officer to include tribal law enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1007"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1007 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Indian Tribes", "Interim Legislative Committee Bill", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Emery", "Foster", "Grove", "Mortenson", "Odenbach", "Pourier", "Rohl", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89b62a5-b216-48d0-a0f8-a0257aafa7d4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26513"
source_hash: "15746453416a0c7104d38b99abf776d1bc505cd90019f16c466e4ac8d4ddb67f"
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 HB 1007 (2026) — amend the definition of law enforcement officer to include tribal law enforcement officers.

## 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/26513/291575)
2. **1007A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/298528.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26513/298972)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26513/305052)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-26** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 7 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 7
- **2026-01-27** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 151
- **2026-01-28** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 167 Amendment 1007A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 167
- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 29 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 29
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 399
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `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/b89b62a5-b216-48d0-a0f8-a0257aafa7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).