This bill strengthens penalties for bringing drugs and other contraband into South Dakota prisons by increasing the felony classifications for drug delivery to inmates. Specifically, possessing or delivering any prescription or non-prescription drug to an inmate becomes a Class 3 felony (up from a lower classification), and the bill also adds penalties for inmates who ingest controlled substances while incarcerated. The enhanced penalties apply to prison employees and visitors who smuggle these items into correctional facilities.
The amendment removes the separate section penalizing inmates for possessing controlled substances and consolidates the bill to focus exclusively on enhancing penalties for people who deliver or attempt to deliver drugs into correctional facilities—strengthening enforcement against external suppliers rather than addressing inmate conduct.
This amendment is a procedural change converting the bill from its engrossed form (committee draft) to its enrolled form (final passage version), removing the tracking markup and legislative history notation while adding signature pages and attestation language required for a bill that has passed both chambers.
Other amendments
Signed by the Governor S.J. 548
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 488
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530
Signed by the President S.J. 470
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11. H.J. 491
Judiciary Do Pass Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. H.J. 31
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 194
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7. S.J. 147
Senate Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) S.J. 133
Senate Motion to amend S.J. 132
Senate Fiscal Note Requested S.J. 59
Judiciary Do Pass Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2. S.J. 1
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass