republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2021/sb-79.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	make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful.	make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2021	SB 79	South Dakota SB 79 (2021)	bill	Assault Law Enforcement Penalty	enacted	Barthel Blare Chaffee Curd Derby Drury Duhamel Goodwin Greenfield (Brock) Hoffman Jensen (Kevin) Johnson (David) Koth Milstead Novstrup Otten (Ernie) Perry Reed Rusch Smith (VJ) Stalzer Symens Zikmund	4	15	4	2021-01-19	2021-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/32070add-42fc-40ab-aeea-e008c90721f1	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21797	23139564ffbacded9e2100c1aa3a919a9fdc498a7055c564c12f1141ae7db62f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 79 (2021) — make certain uses of laser pointers unlawful.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 79A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 65–4 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barthel — primary (person)
• Blare — primary (person)
• Chaffee — primary (person)
• Curd — primary (person)
• Derby — primary (person)
• Drury — primary (person)
• Duhamel — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Hoffman — primary (person)
• Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
• Johnson (David) — primary (person)
• Koth — primary (person)
• Milstead — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Rusch — primary (person)
• Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Symens — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-19 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 65 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2021-01-28 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2021-01-28 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 79A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-01-28 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
• 2021-02-02 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 159
• 2021-02-03 First Reading House H.J. 195
• 2021-02-04 Referred to H.J. 213 referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-03-03 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 committee-passage
• 2021-03-04 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 500
• 2021-03-08 Signed by the President S.J. 445 passage
• 2021-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 passage
• 2021-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32070add-42fc-40ab-aeea-e008c90721f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).