---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to the appointment of a guardian ad litem or a special advocate to represent an abused or neglected child."
description: "revise a provision related to the appointment of a guardian ad litem or a special advocate to represent an abused or neglected child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1110"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1110 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Abuse", "Courts and Judiciary", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e03fe7d-3ba2-488e-827c-ae7c2ccc6f61"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22902"
source_hash: "451f8e6832a5126345a3459d899f935c5af0a704ed0a48cdfdc86916ea53fcd2"
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 1110 (2022) — revise a provision related to the appointment of a guardian ad litem or a special advocate to represent an abused or neglected child.

## Version chain

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

1. **1110A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/231094.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Deferred to another day — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First read in House and referred to H.J. 54 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-01-24** Judiciary Deferred to another day , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 1
- **2022-01-31** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-01-31** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 Amendment 1110A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 H.J. 1
- **2022-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 185
- **2022-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 173 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 413
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 H.J. 594 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 656 `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/3e03fe7d-3ba2-488e-827c-ae7c2ccc6f61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).