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+type: "Bill"
+title: "authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes."
+description: "authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1044"
+citation: "South Dakota HB 1044 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Child Custody", "Domestic Relations", "Emergency Medical Services", "Firefighters", "Health Care", "Law Enforcement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Carley", "Davis", "Emery", "Foster", "Grove", "Hughes", "Hulse", "Hunt", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Kassin", "Kayser", "Manhart", "Massie", "May", "Moore", "Mulally", "Nolz", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Randolph", "Rice", "Roby", "Schaefbauer", "Sjaarda", "Soye", "Uhre-Balk", "Voita"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-03-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473"
+source_hash: "2177bc9ef2cf0a6ae56b55a6f5ee23bc2e7694c1bfd6213b461d55ef5deaeb1f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota HB 1044 (2025) — authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473/274661)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473/283003)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Auch — primary (person)
+- Aylward — primary (person)
+- Bahmuller — primary (person)
+- Baxter — primary (person)
+- Carley — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Emery — primary (person)
+- Foster — primary (person)
+- Grove — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Hulse — primary (person)
+- Hunt — primary (person)
+- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+- Kassin — primary (person)
+- Kayser — primary (person)
+- Manhart — primary (person)
+- Massie — primary (person)
+- May — primary (person)
+- Moore — primary (person)
+- Mulally — primary (person)
+- Nolz — primary (person)
+- Novstrup — primary (person)
+- Odenbach — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
+- Pischke — primary (person)
+- Pourier — primary (person)
+- Randolph — primary (person)
+- Rice — primary (person)
+- Roby — primary (person)
+- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
+- Sjaarda — primary (person)
+- Soye — primary (person)
+- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
+- Voita — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-01-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2025-01-24** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 114
+- **2025-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 123 `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 153 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-02-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 361 `passage`
+- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401 `passage`
+- **2025-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-27 H.J. 418 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-06 H.J. 475 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+