---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit certain government entities from restricting the wearing of tribal regalia during certain events."
description: "prohibit certain government entities from restricting the wearing of tribal regalia during certain events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1252"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1252 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Local Government", "Municipal Government", "School Districts", "State Affairs and Government", "Tribal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Ring", "Smith", "Wismer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbbbb2f9-4188-4868-8901-e64accbbf871"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1252&Session=2018"
source_hash: "89d9b2a4225578cb61fbc76b23686a0a876f465f58c94c86bbf4a1db2dce307f"
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 1252 (2018) — prohibit certain government entities from restricting the wearing of tribal regalia during certain events.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1252H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1252)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1252P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1252)
3. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1252SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=1252)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1252ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1252)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **64–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **8–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 247 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4. H.J. 374 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 428 Amendment 1252aa
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 2. H.J. 428 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
- **2018-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 465 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1252ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 654 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 720 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3. H.J. 728
- **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/cbbbb2f9-4188-4868-8901-e64accbbf871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).