---
type: "Bill"
title: "require certain entities owning agricultural land to report foreign beneficial ownership interests."
description: "require certain entities owning agricultural land to report foreign beneficial ownership interests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1189 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agency", "Agricultural Land"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maher", "Mortenson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1b3b84-11b4-4a1f-a44a-093f119159b2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24315"
source_hash: "c8e08400f77a43de0b8b019bf6caa117f6cd963e8cdff7a6a76ed131a3661234"
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 1189 (2023) — require certain entities owning agricultural land to report foreign beneficial ownership interests.

## 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/24315/247413)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24315/250218)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maher — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 179 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 11 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 286 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 27 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 27
- **2023-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 338 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 372 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 H.J. 518 `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/bc1b3b84-11b4-4a1f-a44a-093f119159b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).