---
type: "Bill"
title: "protect students and employees at institutions of higher education from divisive concepts."
description: "protect students and employees at institutions of higher education from divisive concepts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1012 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "School Curriculum", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4012998c-2a6a-4578-846b-2eb3203c9950"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23006"
source_hash: "157b360d5ae0952256d89c35b2ad17a64ecec9759608052502a5045df6369e8e"
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 1012 (2022) — protect students and employees at institutions of higher education from divisive concepts.

## Version chain

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

1. **1012A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/231112.pdf)
2. **1012B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232983.pdf)
3. **1012D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235061.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **60–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First Reading House H.J. 7
- **2022-01-14** Referred to H.J. 29 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Education Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 2 Amendment 1012A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Education Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 4 Amendment 1012B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 2
- **2022-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 280
- **2022-02-15** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 14 H.J. 329
- **2022-02-15** House of Representatives Title amended , Passed, H.J. 329
- **2022-02-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 275 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1012D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3
- **2022-03-03** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 456
- **2022-03-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 8 S.J. 478
- **2022-03-08** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 10 H.J. 633
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 686 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 688 `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/4012998c-2a6a-4578-846b-2eb3203c9950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).