---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions related to the training curricula required of a person appointed as a guardian or a conservator."
description: "revise certain provisions related to the training curricula required of a person appointed as a guardian or a conservator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Jamison", "Reed", "Thomason", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3547b9f-030e-445a-be9b-1e1783033458"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22425"
source_hash: "f5e2f2211ea7ae9f091841d9b96de03b8f4c9aa47604f6888a15d031a0e4bbe8"
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 1261 (2021) — revise certain provisions related to the training curricula required of a person appointed as a guardian or a conservator.

## 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/22425/216293)
2. **1261A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217022.pdf)
3. **1261B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217170.pdf)
4. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22425/217691)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22425/219760)

## Votes

- Deferred to another day — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Thomason — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 190
- **2021-02-04** Referred to H.J. 212 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 246 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1261A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Education Deferred to another day , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1261B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 332 `passage`
- **2021-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 330 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 450 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **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/b3547b9f-030e-445a-be9b-1e1783033458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).