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provide for the carrying of a concealed pistol by certain school district employees.

This bill allows certain school district employees to carry concealed pistols on school grounds if they are at least 21 years old, hold an enhanced concealed carry permit, and notify local law enforcement of their intent to do so. Currently, South Dakota law prohibits anyone from carrying firearms on school property except law enforcement officers and trained school sentinels, so this creates a new exception for designated school employees.

prohibit the use of property and personnel in the enforcement of certain federal laws pertaining to firearms.

Starting July 1, 2026, South Dakota prohibits state and local government property and employees from being used to enforce certain new federal gun laws that are stricter than South Dakota's laws—specifically those creating gun registries, requiring gun owner licenses, mandating background checks for private sales, or confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens. State and local law enforcement cannot collect or share information to help federal authorities enforce these specific federal gun measures. This creates a new state law that blocks cooperation between South Dakota officials and federal gun enforcement efforts in these defined areas.

remove an enhanced permit as a condition of carrying a concealed pistol while on the campus of a public institution of higher education.

This bill removes the requirement that people carry an enhanced permit to bring a concealed pistol onto South Dakota public university and technical college campuses. Under current law, only those with an enhanced permit, restricted enhanced permit, or reciprocal permit can carry concealed guns on these campuses; this change would allow anyone legally allowed to carry a concealed pistol to do so on campus without needing the enhanced permit specifically.

provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.

South Dakota law currently classifies firearm silencers as controlled weapons, but this bill removes that classification so silencers are no longer regulated as controlled weapons under state law. This change affects both the definition section of South Dakota's criminal code and the specific rules governing controlled weapons, effectively allowing silencers to be owned and used without the legal restrictions that previously applied to them.

provide a sales tax holiday on firearms.

South Dakota would create an annual sales tax holiday on firearms starting December 1st each year. During this period, purchases of guns would be exempt from the state's sales tax, allowing buyers to avoid the normal tax they would otherwise pay. This is a new exemption that doesn't currently exist under South Dakota sales tax law.

address the assumption of risk by an individual present at a shooting range.

South Dakota shooting ranges are now protected from liability lawsuits for injuries caused by obvious, inherent risks like loud noise, projectile discharge, equipment malfunctions (that the range doesn't own), uneven terrain, snow or ice, and natural debris. This law applies to all shooting ranges—whether public or private, on public or private land—and includes law enforcement ranges and archery facilities.

remove the prohibition pertaining to the shooting of mourning doves located within specific areas.

SB 115 removes the current ban on shooting mourning doves along highways and public rights-of-way in South Dakota. Under this change, mourning doves would be treated the same as other small game allowed in these areas, meaning hunters could legally shoot them in these locations (subject to existing safety zone restrictions and other hunting regulations).

revise the limitations on a municipality's power to take actions for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.

This bill limits the power of South Dakota cities and towns to take health or disease-prevention measures by adding restrictions that prohibit such measures from interfering with religious exercise, free speech, assembly rights, activities in private homes or businesses, or gun rights. The change narrows what municipalities can do during public health emergencies by explicitly protecting these constitutional freedoms, meaning cities cannot use health ordinances to restrict these activities even to fight disease outbreaks.

revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

SB131 allows nonprofit organizations to host free pheasant hunts for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients during South Dakota's private shooting preserve season. The bill defines "disabled veteran" as someone with at least a 20% service-connected disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs or who receives a specific level of VA compensation. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission will write the specific rules for how these special hunts operate.