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Proposed South Dakota Firearm Legislation SB2

Legislation Overview

Title: Provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.

Subject: Crimes: Firearms

Description: Provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.

Session: 2026 Regular Session

Last Action: House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 184

Last Action Date: January 29, 2026

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'.

61 sponsors: Casey Crabtree (R); Drew Peterson (R); Aaron Aylward (R); Jessica Bahmuller (R); Heather Baxter (R); Greg Blanc (R); John Carley (R); Sydney Davis (R); Randy Deibert (R); Steve Duffy (R); Eric Emery (D); Nick Fosness (R);Timothy Goodwin (R); Tamara Grove (R); Jon Hansen (R); Mellissa Heermann (R); Joy Hohn (R); Taffy Howard (R); John Hughes (R); Amber Hulse (R); Kevin Jensen (R); Phil Jensen (R); Dylan Jordan (R); Terri Jorgenson (R); Steve Kolbeck (R); David Kull (R); Curt Massie (R); Jim Mehlhaff (R); Paul Miskimins (R); Scott Moore (R); Will Mortenson (R); Brian Mulder (R); Lauren Nelson (R); Kaley Nolz (R); Al Novstrup (R); Ernie Otten (R); Marty Overweg (R); Sue Lucas-Peterson (R); Tom Pischke (R); Peri Pourier (R); Tim Reed (R); Rebecca Reimer (R); Tim Reisch (R); Kathy Rice (R); Matt Roby (R); Kent Roe (R); Michael Rohl (R); Stephanie Sauder (R); Brandei Schaefbauer (R); Kyle Schoenfish (R); Tesa Schwans (R); William Shorma (R); John Shubeck (R);John Sjaarda (R); Kevin Van Diepen (R); Curt Voight (R); Mykala Voita (R); Tim Walburg (R); Keri Weems (R); Brandon Wipf (R);Larry Zikmund (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 174% (61 of 35)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Jan 29, 2026	House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 184
House	Jan 28, 2026	Scheduled for hearing
House	Jan 28, 2026	Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 11
House	Jan 26, 2026	First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 136
Senate	Jan 23, 2026	Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 93
Senate	Jan 23, 2026	Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 93 Amendment 2A
Senate	Jan 22, 2026	Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 5
Senate	Jan 22, 2026	Scheduled for hearing
Senate	Jan 13, 2026	First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Jan 23, 2026	state link	bill text
Introduced	Dec 19, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
Senate Amendment 2A	Senate Amendment 2A	Jan 23, 2026	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	01/22/2026	7	0	0	0	Yes
Blanc, Greg (R) Yea Duhamel, Helene (R) Yea Grove, Tamara (R) Yea Hulse, Amber (R) Yea Kolbeck, Steve (R) Yea Mehlhaff, Jim (R) Yea Pischke, Tom (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass Amended	01/23/2026	34	0	0	1	Yes
Beal, Arch (R) Absent Blanc, Greg (R) Yea Carley, John (R) Yea Crabtree, Casey (R) Yea Davis, Sydney (R) Yea Deibert, Randy (R) Yea Duhamel, Helene (R) Yea Foster, Red (D) Yea Grove, Tamara (R) Yea Hohn, Joy (R) Yea Howard, Taffy (R) Yea Hulse, Amber (R) Yea Jensen, Kevin (R) Yea Karr, Chris (R) Yea Kolbeck, Steve (R) Yea Lapka, Mark (R) Yea Larson, Elizabeth (D) Yea Lucas-Peterson, Sue (R) Yea Marty, Sam (R) Yea Mehlhaff, Jim (R) Yea Miskimins, Paul (R) Yea Nelson, Lauren (R) Yea Otten, Ernie (R) Yea Perry, Carl (R) Yea Pischke, Tom (R) Yea Reed, Tim (R) Yea Rohl, Michael (R) Yea Sauder, Stephanie (R) Yea Schoenfish, Kyle (R) Yea Smith, Jamie (D) Yea Vilhauer, Glen (R) Yea Voight, Curt (R) Yea Voita, Mykala (R) Yea Zikmund, Larry (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass	01/28/2026	12	0	0	1	Yes
Aylward, Aaron (R) Yea Bahmuller, Jessica (R) Yea Duffy, Steve (R) Yea Greenfield, Lana (R) Yea Kayser, Tony (R) Yea Lems, Karla (R) Yea Mulally, Tina (R) Yea Nolz, Kaley (R) Yea Peterson, Drew (R) Yea Schwans, Tesa (R) Yea Shorma, William (R) Absent Uhre-Balk, Nicole (D) Yea Weisgram, Mike (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Do Pass Amended	01/29/2026	66	0	0	4	Yes
Andera, Bobbi (R) Yea Arlint, Amber (R) Yea Auch, Julie (R) Yea Aylward, Aaron (R) Yea Bahmuller, Jessica (R) Yea Bathke, Jeff (R) Absent Baxter, Heather (R) Yea Czmowski, Tim (R) Yea Degroot, Roger (R) Absent Derby, Mike (R) Yea Duffy, Steve (R) Yea Emery, Eric (D) Yea Fitzgerald, Mary (R) Absent Garcia, Josephine (R) Yea Goodwin, Timothy (R) Yea Gosch, Spencer (R) Yea Greenfield, Lana (R) Yea Halverson, Jim (R) Yea Hansen, Jon (R) Yea Healy, Erin (D) Yea Heermann, Mellissa (R) Yea Heinemann, Leslie (R) Yea Hughes, John (R) Yea Hunt, Jana (R) Yea Ismay, Travis (R) Yea Jamison, Greg (R) Yea Jensen, Phil (R) Yea Jordan, Dylan (R) Yea Jorgenson, Terri (R) Yea Kassin, Chris (R) Yea Kayser, Tony (R) Yea Kolbeck, Jack (R) Yea Kull, David (R) Yea Ladner, Trish (R) Yea Lems, Karla (R) Yea Manhart, Logan (R) Yea Massie, Curt (R) Yea May, Elizabeth (R) Yea Moore, Scott (R) Yea Mortenson, Will (R) Yea Muckey, Erik (D) Yea Mulally, Tina (R) Yea Mulder, Brian (R) Yea Nolz, Kaley (R) Yea Novstrup, Al (R) Yea Odenbach, Scott (R) Yea Overweg, Marty (R) Yea Peterson, Drew (R) Yea Pourier, Peri (D) Yea Randolph, Tony (R) Yea Rehfeldt, Taylor (R) Yea Reimer, Rebecca (R) Yea Reisch, Timothy (R) Yea Rice, Kathy (R) Yea Roby, Matt (R) Yea Roe, Kent (R) Yea Schaefbauer, Brandei (R) Yea Schwans, Tesa (R) Yea Shorma, William (R) Absent Sjaarda, John (R) Yea Soye, Bethany (R) Yea Stevens, Mike (R) Yea Uhre-Balk, Nicole (D) Yea Van Diepen, Kevin (R) Yea Walburg, Tim (R) Yea Weems, Keri (R) Yea Weisgram, Mike (R) Yea Wittman, Kadyn (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page