---
type: "Bill"
title: "temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "South Dakota SB 124 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Food and Drugs", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Meat and Meat Products", "Penalty", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Baxter", "Grove", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Lapka", "Moore", "Nolz", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pischke", "Randolph", "Sjaarda", "Voita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef0687a-d68e-4175-9abd-f6493324bb96"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27110"
source_hash: "0081a107d68353b31eea10938acb9511b0a87fbf7c958f2c88d78ba6a98d7d9d"
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 124 (2026) — temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a 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/27110/297047)
2. **124B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303785.pdf)
3. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27110/304025)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27110/306327)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **63–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Lapka — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 111 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-19** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 19 Amendment 124B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 S.J. 19
- **2026-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 359
- **2026-02-24** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 423 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-03-03** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 1 H.J. 35 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 4 H.J. 516
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 485 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 `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/6ef0687a-d68e-4175-9abd-f6493324bb96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).