---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding reorganization of certain school districts with low enrollment."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding reorganization of certain school districts with low enrollment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1215 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Districts", "State Aid to Education", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cronin", "Dennert", "DiSanto", "Frye-Mueller", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Kaiser", "Lake", "Livermont", "Marty", "Pischke", "Schoenfish", "Wiese", "Wiik", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce4965af-c2e5-4528-b3b7-1cead16dd7ab"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1215&Session=2018"
source_hash: "174254699a005559fe4e05b2c46d456ec2e9190b05ee0678eb7b7ee59ca50ed0"
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 1215 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding reorganization of certain school districts with low enrollment.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215HED.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Education&Bill=1215)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1215)
3. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=1215)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1215)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **28–6** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018HB 1215, HB 1236, HB 1244 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cronin — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 202 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1215wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 328 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 372 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1215wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 654 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 720 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 729
- **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 21, 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/ce4965af-c2e5-4528-b3b7-1cead16dd7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).