Proposed South Dakota Firearm Legislation HB1218
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibit counties, municipalities, and townships from imposing firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, and volunteers.
Subject: Counties: Firearms: Municipal Government: Townships
Description: Prohibit counties, municipalities, and townships from imposing firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, and volunteers.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 321
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025
Sponsors
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14 sponsors: Aaron Aylward (R); Heather Baxter (R); Josephine Garcia (R); Taffy Howard (R); Travis Ismay (R); Dylan Jordan (R); Lauren Nelson (R); Al Novstrup (R); Marty Overweg (R); Carl Perry (R); Sue Lucas-Peterson (R); Tony Randolph (R); Bethany Soye (R); Mykala Voita (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (14 of 70)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2025 | First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 321 |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6, Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 29. H.J. 323 |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 26. H.J. 334 |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 332 Amendment 1218F |
| House | Feb 18, 2025 | Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) House Local Government, Passed H.J. 304 |
| House | Feb 18, 2025 | Local Government Report out of committee without recommendation as amended, Passed |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Scheduled for hearing |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Local Government Do Pass Amended, Failed, YEAS 6, NAYS 7. H.J. 2 |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Amend the amendment, Passed H.J. 2 Amendment 1218D |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Local Government Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 1 Amendment 1218A |
| House | Feb 13, 2025 | Local Government Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3. H.J. 3 |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 184 |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 20, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 18, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 4, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| House of Representatives Amendment 1218F | House of Representatives Amendment 1218F | Feb 19, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
| House Local Government Amendment 1218A | House Local Government Amendment 1218A | Feb 13, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
| House Local Government Amendment 1218D | House Local Government Amendment 1218D | Feb 13, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Do Pass Amended | 02/13/2025 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | No |
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| Deferred to the 41st legislative day | 02/13/2025 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 | 02/19/2025 | 41 | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Do Pass Amended | 02/19/2025 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
