---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding forensic medical examinations for victims of rape or sexual offense."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding forensic medical examinations for victims of rape or sexual offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1126 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Crimes", "Forensic Medical Exam"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartling", "DiSanto", "Haverly", "Hawley", "Holmes", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kettwig", "Kolbeck", "Latterell", "Mills", "Nelson", "Peters", "Qualm", "Reed", "Rusch", "Smith", "Soholt", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cdf9aa0-cb37-4bd8-8ac6-500d65e3edde"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1126&Session=2018"
source_hash: "ec5d8a6120cee36aa448a14c18613983f6378d92f81a52859928be6abb99809f"
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 1126 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding forensic medical examinations for victims of rape or sexual offense.

## 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=HB1126HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1126)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1126P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1126)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1126SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1126)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1126ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1126)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartling — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 147 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1126wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 327 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 380
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2. H.J. 411 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 447 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1126wc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1126wd `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 658 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 723 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 727
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cdf9aa0-cb37-4bd8-8ac6-500d65e3edde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).