---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding the posting of county and municipality ordinances."
description: "revise provisions regarding the posting of county and municipality ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1215 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Municipal Government", "Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cwach", "Foster", "Gross", "Hammock", "Schoenfish", "Sullivan", "Wismer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdac11e2-80c3-4bc2-987e-88d651c2b36e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1215&Session=2019"
source_hash: "15f255490036bb88522e5cc84914183e763132c64aff97ce70f21b92101dad3f"
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 (2019) — revise provisions regarding the posting of county and municipality ordinances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 1215ja** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1215ja.htm)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1215)
3. **Senate Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215SLO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Local Government&Bill=1215)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1215ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1215)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cwach — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 256 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-07** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 320 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 342 `passage`
- **2019-02-11** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 331 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-22** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1215ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 468 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 522 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 585
- **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/fdac11e2-80c3-4bc2-987e-88d651c2b36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).