South Dakota legislation · 100th Legislature (2025)
South Dakota SB81: prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
Status: Signed into law, February 25, 2025
What the bill says
An Act ENTITLED An Act to prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
From the enrolled text:
An Act ENTITLED An Act to prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to a new chapter in title 37: Terms used in this Act mean: (1) "Ammunition," firearm ammunition and cartridge casings, primers, bullets, and propellant powder, designed for use in a firearm; (2) "Assignment," a financial institution's policy, process, or practice, which labels, links, or otherwise associates a firearms code with a merchant or payment card transaction, in a manner that allows the financial institution or any other entity facilitating or processing the payment card transaction to identify whether: (a) A merchant is a firearms dealer; or (b) A transaction involves the sale of firearms or ammunition; (3) "Customer," any person engaged in a payment card transaction that a financial institution facilitates or processes and any person, or the person's duly authorized representative, who has transacted business with or has used the services of a financial institution, or for whom a financial institution has acted as a fiduciary in relation to an account maintained in the person's name; (4) "Disclosure," the transfer, publication, or distribution of protected financial information to another person, for …
Sponsors
- Terri Jorgenson (R, HD-029) · primary sponsor
- Jim Mehlhaff (R, SD-024) · primary sponsor
- Aaron Aylward (R, HD-006)
- Heather Baxter (R, HD-034)
- John Carley (R, SD-029)
- Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008)
- Foster, Red Dawn (D)
- Tamara Grove (R, SD-026)
- Kevin Jensen (R, SD-016)
- Lauren Nelson (R, SD-018)
- Carl Perry (R, 03)
- Peterson, Sue (R, 13)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Delivered to the Governor
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Signed by the President
- : Do Pass Amended
- : Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : First read in House and referred to Commerce and Energy
- : Do Pass Amended
Votes
- Do Pass Amended (February 11, 2025): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 10, 2025): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass Amended (January 30, 2025): 33 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass Amended (January 28, 2025): 8 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Trade, Penalty, Confidential Information, Firearms, Banks and Banking
Common questions
- What is SB81?
- SB81 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (100th Legislature (2025)): prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
- What does SB81 do?
- In its own words: An Act ENTITLED An Act to prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
- What is the status of SB81?
- Signed into law as of February 25, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (February 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB81?
- Terri Jorgenson (R, HD-029), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB81?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25920
Source: official South Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.