---
type: "Bill"
title: "enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility."
description: "enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "South Dakota SB 42 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11866701-ad4b-4baa-929a-114316522101"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26755"
source_hash: "7683163119273585468e4f422722797d960abb6c30bdfae90d18b5a473087e71"
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 42 (2026) — enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.

## 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/26755/292842)
2. **42A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/294672.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26755/299658)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26755/306050)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **55–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Note Requested , Passed, S.J. 59
- **2026-01-28** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 132 Amendment 42A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, S.J. 133
- **2026-01-29** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7 S.J. 147
- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 194 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 H.J. 31 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11 H.J. 491
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `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/11866701-ad4b-4baa-929a-114316522101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).