---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor."
description: "revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1230"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1230 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Crimes", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Hughes", "Ismay", "Jensen (Phil)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pourier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51d07c5c-2a38-4438-9a8a-00bfe1011364"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25693"
source_hash: "a5be0f313ccf68a12b6964fd5026c14f7e34d69b6716f6e2fe9fd674d537c17e"
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 1230 (2025) — revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor.

## 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/25693/280671)
2. **1230A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284031.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25693/284147)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25693/284465)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First read in House and referred to H.J. 198 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 374 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** First Reading Senate S.J. 370
- **2025-02-26** Referred to S.J. 395 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-06** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1230A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2025-03-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 483
- **2025-03-11** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 520
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 552 `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/51d07c5c-2a38-4438-9a8a-00bfe1011364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).