---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand the partners in education tax credit program to include tribally controlled schools on a federally recognized Indian reservation."
description: "expand the partners in education tax credit program to include tribally controlled schools on a federally recognized Indian reservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1221 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Tribal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Heinert", "Jensen (Phil)", "Killer", "Lake", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "May", "Nelson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Russell", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e7809f-496d-42b5-971c-b8a3c0f912a4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1221&Session=2018"
source_hash: "cd287edcd0b30c1abe53a57f6cde742640d0f5cf5d1f687d2946b49424c3a9b2"
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 1221 (2018) — expand the partners in education tax credit program to include tribally controlled schools on a federally recognized Indian reservation.

## 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=HB1221P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1221)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1221ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1221)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1106, HB 1165, HB 1221, HB 1146, HB 1174, HB 1248 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **62–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Zikmund — 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. 203 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 328 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 362
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 5. H.J. 379 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 609 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-28** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 640 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on March 08, 2018 H.J. 747 `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/55e7809f-496d-42b5-971c-b8a3c0f912a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).