---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the time frame for consent in adoption proceedings."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the time frame for consent in adoption proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1269"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1269 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Maher", "May", "Peterson (Sue)", "Schoenfish", "Tulson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2ce4312-95e9-4ceb-b1ff-e77083f78a3b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1269&Session=2018"
source_hash: "ea940ea681ca4a66c91b205f9e6335313cb93e13d846c7961e634670758fe00d"
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 1269 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the time frame for consent in adoption proceedings.

## 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=HB1269H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1269)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1269HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1269)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1269P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1269)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1269ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1269)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1054, HB 1104, HB 1280, HB 1269, HB 1278 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Tulson — 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. 251 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1269ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 374 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 406
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 492 Amendment 1269kb
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 1. H.J. 492 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 527 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 633 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 670 `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/e2ce4312-95e9-4ceb-b1ff-e77083f78a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).