---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the medical support obligations to a child."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the medical support obligations to a child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1038"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1038 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Health Insurance", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9d83ab2-fed6-4fd6-b07c-405031f1eed6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1038&Session=2018"
source_hash: "a7d57bad65d64b1463d83091fcbdbe812d1305520c03e3b171275aa0c3260567"
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 1038 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the medical support obligations to a child.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1038P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1038)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1038ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1038)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1010, HB 1018, HB 1023, HB 1038, HB 1042 — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1026, HB 1038, HB 1039, HB 1080, HB 1105, SB 141, SB 146, SB 154, HB 1102 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-19** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 104 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 0. H.J. 130 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 201 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 371 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 382
- **2018-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on February 12, 2018 H.J. 403 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15** Signed by the Governor on February 14, 2018 H.J. 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9d83ab2-fed6-4fd6-b07c-405031f1eed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).