---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for remote notarization."
description: "provide for remote notarization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1272"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1272 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oaths and Acknowledgments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Kennedy", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26c76afd-1729-42df-bc89-31dc664e9206"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1272&Session=2019"
source_hash: "622c0cdcd7892abeb63de6427fad2b38e28e207c2c5ab6f09f265b28f8a95bf3"
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 1272 (2019) — provide for remote notarization.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 1272wb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1272wb.htm)
2. **Amendment 1272wta** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1272wta.htm)
3. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1272HJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1272)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1272P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1272)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1272ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1272)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019HB 1090, HB 1093, HB 1219, HB 1272 — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 267
- **2019-01-31** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 282 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-22** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1272wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1272wta `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 498 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 519 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 521 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 546 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 10. S.J. 599 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 647
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 637
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2019 H.J. 674 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 18, 2019 H.J. 760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26c76afd-1729-42df-bc89-31dc664e9206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).