---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the penalty for preventing practice of religion."
description: "increase the penalty for preventing practice of religion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 113"
citation: "South Dakota SB 113 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Penalty", "Religion", "Speech and Expression"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Deibert", "Goodwin", "Hansen", "Hulse", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Mehlhaff", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Overweg", "Perry", "Reisch", "Roby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c61f5f0e-5b87-42cc-9e3c-16e2f776514b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27079"
source_hash: "ea74a1d818c7cd8c325e3e540373d8f2918cd1aa1809db0a1cd7b65589057b3c"
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 113 (2026) — increase the penalty for preventing practice of religion.

## 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/27079/296645)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27079/305255)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 92 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 12 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 185 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 238 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 H.J. 29 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 18 H.J. 460 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 493 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 514 `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/c61f5f0e-5b87-42cc-9e3c-16e2f776514b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).