---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter."
description: "provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1141"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1141 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bathke", "Baxter", "Davis", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Grove", "Heermann", "Howard", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jorgenson", "Kull", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Muckey", "Mulder", "Otten", "Perry", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Roby", "Roe", "Rohl", "Shorma", "Sjaarda", "Smith", "Uhre-Balk", "Walburg", "Weems", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a47083e3-c447-4b03-b4ff-539fbe000818"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25391"
source_hash: "de7fd6cdda2cec2a279a0dc34b45e023e9e487b40bd4d5616b36a5e649410655"
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 1141 (2025) — provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter.

## 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/25391/278860)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25391/283443)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bathke — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jorgenson — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-13** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 5 H.J. 306 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** First Reading Senate S.J. 296
- **2025-02-20** Referred to S.J. 321 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 406 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 H.J. 458 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 542 `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/a47083e3-c447-4b03-b4ff-539fbe000818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).