---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients."
description: "revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "South Dakota SB 131 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Hunting", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Crabtree", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Hohn", "Ladner", "Larson", "Moore", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Rice", "Shorma", "Shubeck", "Weems", "Wipf", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db51e5a6-f45f-430d-8c50-2181fbb77afa"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26580"
source_hash: "eca630fd419d8ead36bc98c5f04c513d12fa7a14b8b168d6e2c482741b4209bb"
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 131 (2026) — revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

## 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/26580/297306)
2. **131A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304827.pdf)
3. **House Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26580/305126)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26580/306423)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hohn — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Shubeck — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 121 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-04** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-06** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 213 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** First read in House and referred to House Military and Veterans Affairs H.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 3 Amendment 131A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 3
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 489
- **2026-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 479
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 505 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 550 `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/db51e5a6-f45f-430d-8c50-2181fbb77afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).