---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand the authorized carrying, possession, and storage of a concealed pistol."
description: "expand the authorized carrying, possession, and storage of a concealed pistol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1222 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Firearms", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Baxter", "Grove", "Hulse", "Hunt", "Ismay", "Jordan", "Nolz", "Overweg", "Reder", "Schaefbauer", "Voita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ecdfe6d-b7f1-4b2b-b757-49cd4eb55199"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26055"
source_hash: "2cd15c22ee2890ad16ee489ce267ec9339a9b108997b759803fe9e0cfc95b09d"
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 1222 (2025) — expand the authorized carrying, possession, and storage of a concealed pistol.

## 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/26055/280512)
2. **1222B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281821.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26055/281884)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26055/283883)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Reder — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 199
- **2025-02-07** Referred to H.J. 225 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1222B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1
- **2025-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 308
- **2025-02-19** First Reading Senate S.J. 296
- **2025-02-20** Referred to S.J. 321 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 441
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 474 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 H.J. 492 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 553 `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/1ecdfe6d-b7f1-4b2b-b757-49cd4eb55199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).