---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund."
description: "modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "South Dakota SB 197 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Fund", "State Affairs and Government", "Trade"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Duffy", "Emery", "Karr", "Larson", "Muckey", "Perry", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7699177e-62ef-46e6-afbb-b0867441c5d0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26681"
source_hash: "99063a89145fbd7b3ff05955a2810a9707f7db00a190a109158c28b128c29e2f"
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 197 (2026) — modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund.

## 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/26681/299504)
2. **197A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/300841.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26681/301656)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26681/305238)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 138 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-05** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 11 Amendment 197A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 12
- **2026-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 12
- **2026-02-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 221
- **2026-02-10** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 279 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 457
- **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/7699177e-62ef-46e6-afbb-b0867441c5d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).