---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize forensic medical examinations for certain persons."
description: "authorize forensic medical examinations for certain persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1244 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Evidence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Borglum", "Chase", "Duba", "Partridge", "Reed", "Schoenbeck", "Smith (VJ)", "Steinhauer", "Sullivan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c215b4f0-6d84-4adf-bd13-edfb87c8d74e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1244&Session=2020"
source_hash: "ee71d19e31a34ff05e2bb0db9ed2f372afc06b881c110a18ef8ac67923197773"
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 1244 (2020) — authorize forensic medical examinations for certain persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1244)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244HJU.html&Session=2020&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1244)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1244)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1140, HB 1244, HB 1140, HB 1244 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1124, HB 1244, HB 1279, HB 1124, HB 1279, HB 1244 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 210
- **2020-02-10** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 242 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-19** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1244A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 386 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 355 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 403 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 477
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 445
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 H.J. 502 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Governor on March 12, 2020 H.J. 602 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c215b4f0-6d84-4adf-bd13-edfb87c8d74e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).