republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2021/hb-1212.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	clarify the use of force.	clarify the use of force.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2021	HB 1212	South Dakota HB 1212 (2021)	bill	Assault Crimes Firearms	enacted	Aylward Castleberry Chaffee Deutsch Finck Goodwin Greenfield (Brock) Gross Hoffman Jensen (Kevin) Jensen (Phil) Johnson (Chris) Mulally Novstrup Otten (Ernie) Overweg Perry Randolph Stalzer Wiik Zikmund	6	18	7	2021-02-03	2021-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d3fb65ba-7b14-4d4c-b85c-9630014e3f70	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21846	4f2a8f7b3f630e191707d2b46fdd86cc69cfc423122cdcbcd75d727433002e5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1212 (2021) — clarify the use of force.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 1212B (committee substitute) — source
3. 1212C (committee substitute) — source
4. House Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 2–4 (fail) · upper
• Deferred to the 41st legislative day — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 61–7 (pass) · lower
• Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aylward — primary (person)
• Castleberry — primary (person)
• Chaffee — primary (person)
• Deutsch — primary (person)
• Finck — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Gross — primary (person)
• Hoffman — primary (person)
• Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
• Mulally — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
• Overweg — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Randolph — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Wiik — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-03 First read in House and referred to H.J. 194 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-02-24 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1212B amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-24 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1
• 2021-02-25 House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 420 Amendment 1212C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-25 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 421
• 2021-03-01 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 365 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2021-03-04 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 2, NAYS 4 S.J. 1 committee-failure
• 2021-03-04 Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 S.J. 1
• 2021-03-04 Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14 S.J. 417
• 2021-03-08 Judiciary Report out of committee without recommendation , Passed,
• 2021-03-08 Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 , Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 12 S.J. 432
• 2021-03-08 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14 S.J. 432
• 2021-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 passage
• 2021-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 H.J. 547 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-10 Signed by the President S.J. 470 passage
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3fb65ba-7b14-4d4c-b85c-9630014e3f70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).