republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-81.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 prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.	clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 81	South Dakota SB 81 (2026)	bill	Animals and Livestock Penalty	enacted	Andera Baxter Carley Goodwin Grove Howard Jensen (Phil) Manhart Moore Perry Pischke Reimer Rice Shubeck Voight Wipf Zikmund	2	15	4	2026-01-14	2026-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/0a494541-525b-4640-80c8-f5f4af1e7116	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26288	0666429924e2b3c401da025d0dd7855bc603f5a2fa9f007dc8f3398a7382f8a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 81 (2026) — clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andera — primary (person)
• Baxter — primary (person)
• Carley — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Grove — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)
• Reimer — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Shubeck — primary (person)
• Voight — primary (person)
• Wipf — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 34 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-01-27 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 7 committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 7
• 2026-01-28 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 131 passage
• 2026-01-29 First Reading House H.J. 182
• 2026-02-02 Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 194 referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-25 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 29 committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 29
• 2026-02-26 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 457 passage
• 2026-03-02 Signed by the President S.J. 434 passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 493 passage
• 2026-03-04 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 455 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-09 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a494541-525b-4640-80c8-f5f4af1e7116. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).