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

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

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

What This Bill Does

• revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
• Official keyword topics: Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry Hunting Veterans Affairs Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4762/Detail">Hohn</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4735/Detail">Bahmuller</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4779/Detail">Ladner</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4804/Detail">Pourier</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4811/Detail">Rice</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4819/Detail">Shorma</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4947/Detail">Shubeck</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4831/Detail">Weems</a>

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Official Summary Text

revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Official keyword topics:
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Hunting
Veterans Affairs
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4762/Detail">Hohn</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4735/Detail">Bahmuller</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4779/Detail">Ladner</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4804/Detail">Pourier</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4811/Detail">Rice</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4819/Detail">Shorma</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4947/Detail">Shubeck</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4831/Detail">Weems</a>

Current Bill Text

26.281.11 101st Legislative Session 131

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 131
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a
special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 41-11-5.5 be AMENDED:
41-11-5.5. A nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt in which
disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients of the armed forces of the United States
may participate. The special pheasant hunt may be held during the private shooting
preserve season, pu rsuant to § 41-10-11. No fee may be charged to participants in the
hunt, by the state or the sponsoring organization.
The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter
1-26, to administer the special pheasant hunts authorized in this section.
For the purposes of this section, "disabled veteran" means a veteran of the armed
forces of the United States who:
(1) Has been adjudicated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as being
twenty percent or more disabled due to a service-connected disability; or
(2) Is designated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to receive
Special Monthly Compensation Level K pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114 (January 1,
2026).
26.281.11 2 131
SB131 ENROLLED
An Act to revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant
hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 131

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 131
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State