---
type: "Bill"
title: "declare certain contract provisions regarding abortion as unenforceable and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "declare certain contract provisions regarding abortion as unenforceable and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "South Dakota SB 183 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Contracts", "Trade Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b50a3e41-063c-4eb4-afb5-e509174164bc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21911"
source_hash: "4747e1faee9c6f632b09b150f5998fa807b5d59f206fd4688c549ce640a6f35e"
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 183 (2021) — declare certain contract provisions regarding abortion as unenforceable and to provide a penalty therefor.

## 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/21911/215983)
2. **183C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217710.pdf)
3. **183F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218048.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21911/218104)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21911/219780)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-16** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 280 Amendment 183C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, S.J. 283
- **2021-02-22** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 314 Amendment 183F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 317
- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 499
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/b50a3e41-063c-4eb4-afb5-e509174164bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).