---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify eligibility for licensure as a video lottery operator."
description: "clarify eligibility for licensure as a video lottery operator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "South Dakota SB 47 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Gambling", "Licensure", "Lottery", "Recreation and Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa38d03-7452-4283-8b26-c0f982a71d98"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25619"
source_hash: "3731daca57f842e2d218f9f3300c02db548ff30692bdb105fe0d1d978b9a91d6"
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 47 (2025) — clarify eligibility for licensure as a video lottery operator.

## 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/25619/274068)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25619/282098)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2025-01-21** Referred to S.J. 63 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-30** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 153 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 185 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 287 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 285 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 335 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-20 S.J. 319 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-25 S.J. 367 `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/4fa38d03-7452-4283-8b26-c0f982a71d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).