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Passed South Dakota Firearm Legislation HB1212

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Clarify the use of force.

Subject: Assault: Crimes: Firearms

Description: Clarify the use of force.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Signed by the Governor on March 29, 2021 H.J. 570

Last Action Date: March 29, 2021

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

21 sponsors: Kevin Jensen (R); John Wiik (R); Aaron Aylward (R); Jessica Castleberry (R); Kirk Chaffee (R); Fred Deutsch (R); Caleb Finck (R); Timothy Goodwin (R); Brock Greenfield (R); Randy Gross (R); Charles Hoffman (R); Phil Jensen (R); Chris Johnson (R); Tina Mulally (R); Al Novstrup (R); Ernie Otten (R); Marty Overweg (R); Carl Perry (R); Tony Randolph (R); Jim Stalzer (R); Larry Zikmund (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 30% (21 of 70)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 29, 2021 Signed by the Governor on March 29, 2021 H.J. 570
Senate Mar 10, 2021 Signed by the President S.J. 470
House Mar 10, 2021 Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2021 H.J. 547
House Mar 9, 2021 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541
Senate Mar 8, 2021 Judiciary Report out of committee without recommendation, Passed
Senate Mar 8, 2021 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14. S.J. 432
Senate Mar 8, 2021 Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6, Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 12. S.J. 432
Senate Mar 4, 2021 Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2. S.J. 1
Senate Mar 4, 2021 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
Senate Mar 4, 2021 Judiciary Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 2, NAYS 4. S.J. 1
Senate Mar 4, 2021 Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) Senate Judiciary, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14. S.J. 417
Senate Mar 1, 2021 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 365
House Feb 25, 2021 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7. H.J. 421
House Feb 25, 2021 House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 420 Amendment 1212C
House Feb 24, 2021 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1.
House Feb 24, 2021 State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1212B
House Feb 24, 2021 Scheduled for hearing
House Feb 3, 2021 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled Mar 8, 2021 state link bill text
Engrossed Feb 26, 2021 state link bill text
Comm Sub Feb 24, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 2, 2021 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House of Representatives Amendment 1212C House of Representatives Amendment 1212C Feb 25, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
House State Affairs Amendment 1212B House State Affairs Amendment 1212B Feb 24, 2021 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
02/24/2021 10 1 0 2 Yes
  • Anderson, David (R) Yea
  • Beal, Arch (R) Absent
  • Chaffee, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Goodwin, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Gosch, Spencer (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Jon (R) Yea
  • Jensen, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Chris (R) Yea
  • Lesmeister, Oren (D) Absent
  • Peterson, Kent (R) Yea
  • Reimer, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Smith, Jamie (D) Nay
  • Wiese, Marli (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/25/2021 61 7 0 2 Yes
  • Anderson, David (R) Yea
  • Aylward, Aaron (R) Yea
  • Bartels, Hugh (R) Yea
  • Barthel, Doug (R) Yea
  • Beal, Arch (R) Absent
  • Blare, Rocky (R) Yea
  • Bordeaux, Shawn (D) Nay
  • Chaffee, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Chase, Roger (R) Yea
  • Cwach, Ryan (D) Nay
  • Davis, Sydney (R) Yea
  • Dennert, Drew (R) Yea
  • Derby, Mike (R) Yea
  • Deutsch, Fred (R) Yea
  • Drury, Becky (R) Yea
  • Duba, Linda (D) Nay
  • Finck, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Fitzgerald, Mary (R) Yea
  • Goodwin, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Gosch, Spencer (R) Yea
  • Greenfield, Lana (R) Yea
  • Gross, Randy (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Jon (R) Yea
  • Haugaard, Steven (R) Yea
  • Healy, Erin (D) Nay
  • Healy Keintz, Jennifer (D) Nay
  • Hoffman, Charles (R) Yea
  • Howard, Taffy (R) Yea
  • Jamison, Greg (R) Yea
  • Jensen, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Jensen, Phil (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Chris (R) Yea
  • Karr, Chris (R) Yea
  • Koth, Lance (R) Yea
  • Ladner, Trish (R) Yea
  • Lesmeister, Oren (D) Absent
  • Lucas-Peterson, Sue (R) Yea
  • Marty, Sam (R) Yea
  • May, Elizabeth (R) Yea
  • Mills, John (R) Yea
  • Milstead, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Miskimins, Paul (R) Yea
  • Mortenson, Will (R) Yea
  • Mulally, Tina (R) Yea
  • Odenbach, Scott (R) Yea
  • Olson, Jess (R) Yea
  • Otten, Ernie (R) Yea
  • Overweg, Marty (R) Yea
  • Perry, Carl (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Kent (R) Yea
  • Pischke, Tom (R) Yea
  • Pourier, Peri (D) Nay
  • Randolph, Tony (R) Yea
  • Reed, Tim (R) Yea
  • Rehfeldt, Taylor (R) Yea
  • Reimer, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Schneider, Lynn (R) Yea
  • Smith, Jamie (D) Nay
  • Soye, Bethany (R) Yea
  • St John, Tamara (R) Yea
  • Stevens, Mike (R) Yea
  • Thomason, Richard (R) Yea
  • Tidemann, Larry (R) Yea
  • Vasgaard, Richard (R) Yea
  • Weis, Kaleb (R) Yea
  • Weisgram, Mike (R) Yea
  • Wiese, Marli (R) Yea
  • Willadsen, Mark (R) Yea
  • Wink, Dean (R) Yea
  • York, Nancy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/4/2021 2 4 0 1 No
  • Diedrich, Michael (R) Absent
  • Duhamel, Helene (R) Nay
  • Johns, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Rohl, Michael (R) Yea
  • Rusch, Arthur (R) Nay
  • Schoenbeck, Lee (R) Yea
  • Wheeler, David (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/4/2021 4 2 0 1 Yes
  • Diedrich, Michael (R) Absent
  • Duhamel, Helene (R) Yea
  • Johns, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Rohl, Michael (R) Nay
  • Rusch, Arthur (R) Yea
  • Schoenbeck, Lee (R) Nay
  • Wheeler, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/4/2021 20 14 0 1 Yes
  • Bolin, Jim (R) Nay
  • Breitling, Bryan (R) Nay
  • Cammack, Gary (R) Yea
  • Castleberry, Jessica (R) Yea
  • Crabtree, Casey (R) Yea
  • Curd, Richard (R) Yea
  • Diedrich, Michael (R) Yea
  • Duhamel, Helene (R) Nay
  • Duvall, Mary (R) Nay
  • Foster, Red (D) Nay
  • Frye-mueller, Julie (R) Yea
  • Greenfield, Brock (R) Yea
  • Heinert, Troy (D) Nay
  • Hunhoff, Jean (R) Nay
  • Johns, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Johnson, David (R) Yea
  • Klumb, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Kolbeck, Jack (R) Yea
  • Maher, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Nesiba, Reynold (D) Nay
  • Novstrup, Al (R) Yea
  • Otten, Herman (R) Nay
  • Rohl, Michael (R) Yea
  • Rusch, Arthur (R) Nay
  • Schoenbeck, Lee (R) Nay
  • Schoenfish, Kyle (R) Yea
  • Smith, VJ (R) Nay
  • Stalzer, Jim (R) Absent
  • Steinhauer, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Sutton, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Symens, Marsha (R) Yea
  • Tobin, Erin (R) Yea
  • Wheeler, David (R) Nay
  • Wiik, John (R) Yea
  • Zikmund, Larry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/8/2021 23 12 0 0 Yes
  • Bolin, Jim (R) Yea
  • Breitling, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Cammack, Gary (R) Yea
  • Castleberry, Jessica (R) Yea
  • Crabtree, Casey (R) Yea
  • Curd, Richard (R) Yea
  • Diedrich, Michael (R) Yea
  • Duhamel, Helene (R) Nay
  • Duvall, Mary (R) Nay
  • Foster, Red (D) Nay
  • Frye-mueller, Julie (R) Yea
  • Greenfield, Brock (R) Yea
  • Heinert, Troy (D) Nay
  • Hunhoff, Jean (R) Nay
  • Johns, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Johnson, David (R) Yea
  • Klumb, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Kolbeck, Jack (R) Yea
  • Maher, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Nesiba, Reynold (D) Nay
  • Novstrup, Al (R) Yea
  • Otten, Herman (R) Nay
  • Rohl, Michael (R) Yea
  • Rusch, Arthur (R) Nay
  • Schoenbeck, Lee (R) Nay
  • Schoenfish, Kyle (R) Yea
  • Smith, VJ (R) Nay
  • Stalzer, Jim (R) Yea
  • Steinhauer, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Sutton, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Symens, Marsha (R) Yea
  • Tobin, Erin (R) Yea
  • Wheeler, David (R) Nay
  • Wiik, John (R) Yea
  • Zikmund, Larry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/8/2021 21 14 0 0 Yes
  • Bolin, Jim (R) Yea
  • Breitling, Bryan (R) Nay
  • Cammack, Gary (R) Yea
  • Castleberry, Jessica (R) Yea
  • Crabtree, Casey (R) Yea
  • Curd, Richard (R) Nay
  • Diedrich, Michael (R) Yea
  • Duhamel, Helene (R) Nay
  • Duvall, Mary (R) Nay
  • Foster, Red (D) Nay
  • Frye-mueller, Julie (R) Yea
  • Greenfield, Brock (R) Yea
  • Heinert, Troy (D) Nay
  • Hunhoff, Jean (R) Nay
  • Johns, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Johnson, David (R) Yea
  • Klumb, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Kolbeck, Jack (R) Nay
  • Maher, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Nesiba, Reynold (D) Nay
  • Novstrup, Al (R) Yea
  • Otten, Herman (R) Yea
  • Rohl, Michael (R) Yea
  • Rusch, Arthur (R) Nay
  • Schoenbeck, Lee (R) Nay
  • Schoenfish, Kyle (R) Yea
  • Smith, VJ (R) Nay
  • Stalzer, Jim (R) Yea
  • Steinhauer, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Sutton, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Symens, Marsha (R) Yea
  • Tobin, Erin (R) Yea
  • Wheeler, David (R) Nay
  • Wiik, John (R) Yea
  • Zikmund, Larry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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