---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit a homeowners' association from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition."
description: "prohibit a homeowners' association from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "South Dakota SB 39 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "Homeowners' Associations", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Beal", "Callies", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson", "Krohmer", "Maher", "Mulally", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Overweg", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Rohl", "Sauder", "Schoenbeck", "Schoenfish", "Stalzer", "Tobin", "Wangsness", "Wheeler", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d267d4-3903-4536-bcca-27fe1ad3753c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24709"
source_hash: "f1659e6a1bfb5d0acad896b09b017c9f3883dd07b2445e349d6639e1502948db"
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 39 (2024) — prohibit a homeowners' association from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition.

## 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/24709/258078)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24709/262685)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-01-16** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 98 `passage`
- **2024-01-18** First read in House and referred to H.J. 85 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-22** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 159 `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Signed by the President S.J. 194 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 203 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-01-31 S.J. 215 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-06 S.J. 264 `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/e2d267d4-3903-4536-bcca-27fe1ad3753c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).