---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to the Department of Corrections."
description: "permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to the Department of Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "South Dakota SB 179 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Justice", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hohn", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kull", "Moore", "Reed"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc62d5b4-d009-4d6d-a2f4-9adcef6b8c83"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27015"
source_hash: "92a1103428cd7b88d6c74bdafcc759f0afb0e823efe5996d5a80907f6c946404"
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 179 (2026) — permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to the Department of Corrections.

## 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/27015/299353)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27015/306485)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **42–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hohn — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 140 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 S.J. 23 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 279 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 356 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 25 H.J. 529 `passage`
- **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. 548 `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/cc62d5b4-d009-4d6d-a2f4-9adcef6b8c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).