---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopt the Uniform Unsworn Domestic Declarations Act."
description: "adopt the Uniform Unsworn Domestic Declarations Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1085 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Beal", "Conzet", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Haverly", "Holmes", "Johns", "Johnson", "Kaiser", "Kennedy", "Lust", "Reed", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Stevens", "Tulson", "Turbiville", "York", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0166c0-3728-40ae-b16d-1b5d1fc9f365"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1085&Session=2018"
source_hash: "0eda5a267f80c42fa413a339d7859f7b44531262a3a2eb774080972e06b9c374"
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 1085 (2018) — adopt the Uniform Unsworn Domestic Declarations Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1085HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1085)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1085P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1085)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1085ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1085)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018HB 1017, HB 1052, HB 1095, HB 1097, HB 1112, HB 1249, HB 1050, HB 1084, HB 1085, HB 1100, HB 1244 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1214, HB 1217, SB 35, SB 36, SB 37, HB 1083, HB 1085, SB 30, SB 38 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Conzet — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-31** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1085fa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 242 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 316 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 367 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 478 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 504 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 540
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2018 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0166c0-3728-40ae-b16d-1b5d1fc9f365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).