---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish use of force course standards."
description: "establish use of force course standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1071 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Law Enforcement", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Callies", "Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Frye-Mueller", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "Koth", "Larson", "Lems", "Lesmeister", "May", "Mortenson", "Mulally", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Reimer", "Rohl", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Tordsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb84232-ff81-42cd-8f92-f626bbef9961"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23667"
source_hash: "ba9116a5ebcb31b29b1fbeee38eb533bccc2339a4da5183943a7056ce1500f31"
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 1071 (2023) — establish use of force course standards.

## 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/23667/243546)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23667/248167)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 44 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 82 `passage`
- **2023-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 103 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-31** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 164 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 205 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-07 H.J. 242 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-13 H.J. 280 `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/1fb84232-ff81-42cd-8f92-f626bbef9961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).