---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures."
description: "increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1280 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aviation", "Civil Forfeiture", "Drones", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Law Enforcement", "Trespass"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Jorgenson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8284f2ad-fc99-4de9-9ecb-ec2d593e0e03"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27255"
source_hash: "716e4f153a2bf65a53d044af8b27a3aff3792c8ef1f2812e382587eedc6ba5aa"
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 1280 (2026) — increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures.

## 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/27255/301013)
2. **1280B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303631.pdf)
3. **House Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27255/304158)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27255/306453)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Jorgenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First read in House and referred to House Military and Veterans Affairs H.J. 219 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-19** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1280B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 423
- **2026-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 398 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 34 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 34
- **2026-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 481
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 542 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 562 `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/8284f2ad-fc99-4de9-9ecb-ec2d593e0e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).