---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise references to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing."
description: "revise references to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1122 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature and Statutes", "Professions and Occupations", "Public Health and Safety", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Foster", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Healy", "Howard", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kennedy", "Lesmeister", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Pourier", "Ring", "Rounds", "Saba", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Soholt", "Solano", "St John", "Sullivan", "Sutton", "Wismer", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/247776cd-792f-4a9f-a4aa-59e077133ea0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1122&Session=2019"
source_hash: "1f4b7ff4425536ea162c6470a51184d606cdd1b7cda9b3391cd46cbbc776dc15"
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 1122 (2019) — revise references to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.

## 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=HB1122P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1122)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1122ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1122)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1081, HB 1122, HB 1176, HB 1080 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- St John — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 196 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-13** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3. H.J. 407 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8. H.J. 433 `passage`
- **2019-02-20** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 429 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 532 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-28** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 551 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 622
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 618
- **2019-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2019 H.J. 650 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2019 H.J. 712 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/247776cd-792f-4a9f-a4aa-59e077133ea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).