---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for a form a physician must use to obtain consent to an abortion."
description: "provide for a form a physician must use to obtain consent to an abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "South Dakota SB 72 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Administrative Rules", "Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f967f71c-7e75-40c6-b6b0-2252b2ede052"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=72&Session=2019"
source_hash: "61a3d2e0e49663f48854a0c38d0f6cf76ef667e9beabb495e37a745b7a68bfe6"
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 72 (2019) — provide for a form a physician must use to obtain consent to an abortion.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 72ba** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd72ba.htm)
2. **House Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB72HHE.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Health and Human Services&Bill=72)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB72P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=72)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB72ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=72)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-25** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 178 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-28** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 201
- **2019-01-29** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 5. S.J. 216 `passage`
- **2019-01-30** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 267 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 72ba `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 404 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 453
- **2019-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 473
- **2019-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 486
- **2019-02-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 543
- **2019-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 557
- **2019-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 9. H.J. 572 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2. S.J. 590
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 618
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 670
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2019 S.J. 642 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f967f71c-7e75-40c6-b6b0-2252b2ede052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).