---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal a provision that prohibits hunting mourning doves on public roads and highways."
description: "repeal a provision that prohibits hunting mourning doves on public roads and highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "and Parks", "Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finck", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hammock", "Maher", "Pischke", "Schoenfish", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255ae2a8-01f4-44fc-ad8c-d2a45c1aea45"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1159&Session=2019"
source_hash: "4864ebc407c614daefad0f538f0c76aaccf5424f35b5fb09713d54b3aca96c94"
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 1159 (2019) — repeal a provision that prohibits hunting mourning doves on public roads and highways.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1159P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1159)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1159ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1159)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1159, SB 10, SB 25, HB 1022 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **19–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Finck — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First Reading House H.J. 204
- **2019-01-28** Referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 219 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-31** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 276 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 293 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 281 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. S.J. 451 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 11. S.J. 481 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 544
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 527
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2019 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Governor on March 1, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/255ae2a8-01f4-44fc-ad8c-d2a45c1aea45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).