---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "South Dakota SB 126 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Tribes", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Bordeaux", "Chase", "Cwach", "Dennert", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Klumb", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Monroe", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Soholt", "Stalzer", "Sullivan", "Sutton", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d24ceb3a-a24c-4fcb-b005-33006e345f97"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=126&Session=2019"
source_hash: "400d9f62c9d4208a4e6d71e303466f89531ae8c38523bb7b428b6ec1f9ac70da"
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 SB 126 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 126ca** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd126ca.htm)
2. **Amendment 126ka** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd126ka.htm)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB126P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=126)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB126S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=126)
5. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB126SST.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=126)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB126ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=126)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **59–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 187 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 126ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 126ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 312 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 353 Amendment 126kb
- **2019-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 353 `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 356 Amendment 126dta
- **2019-02-13** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 393 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 562 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 591
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 605
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 6. H.J. 664 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d24ceb3a-a24c-4fcb-b005-33006e345f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).