---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding the locating and spotting of predators or varmints from a drone."
description: "revise provisions regarding the locating and spotting of predators or varmints from a drone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1073 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aviation", "Game", "Fish", "and Parks", "Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Chaffee", "Chase", "Cronin", "Duvall", "Finck", "Haugaard", "Howard", "Klumb", "Livermont", "Maher", "Marty", "Qualm", "Randolph"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e653fcb-914a-4ab0-9142-92878e1b060e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1073&Session=2019"
source_hash: "22ff20c3ef0d535b6c96b410ae95d88f74e70474ac1b99db95b3780fb9f1440c"
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 HB 1073 (2019) — revise provisions regarding the locating and spotting of predators or varmints from a drone.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 1073ba** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1073ba.htm)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1073H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=1073)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1073P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1073)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1073S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=1073)
5. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1073SAG.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources&Bill=1073)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1073ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1073)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **66–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-29** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 230 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 269 Amendment 1073oa
- **2019-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 3. H.J. 269 `passage`
- **2019-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 250 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-12** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1073ba `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 341 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 383
- **2019-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 408 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 409 Amendment 1073jta
- **2019-02-21** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 3. H.J. 460
- **2019-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 485
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 527
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2019 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Governor on March 1, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e653fcb-914a-4ab0-9142-92878e1b060e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).