---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons."
description: "establish the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1199 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Tribes", "Law Enforcement", "Missing Persons", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castleberry", "Duba", "Foster", "Heinert", "May", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e11e76-bd49-49fd-806a-1651754681e8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22347"
source_hash: "1135bc05adae1d02f4597f255d77528c0e9c1d8f01116a7cff6223ebba5ab2cf"
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 1199 (2021) — establish the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22347/215383)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22347/219920)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **57–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First read in House and referred to H.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 12 H.J. 360 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 340 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 364 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 H.J. 547 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82e11e76-bd49-49fd-806a-1651754681e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).