---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants."
description: "revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1272"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1272 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Domestic Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Castleberry", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Olson", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Reed", "Reimer", "Smith (V. J.)", "St. John", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c679f175-cd32-4d68-a0af-4e97ce50b827"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23255"
source_hash: "2c2ede55f70550b3f09d00296a0a90a1e57c47c864a73e59758f4af85c1d7e11"
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 1272 (2022) — revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants.

## Version chain

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

1. **1272A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233714.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 323
- **2022-02-16** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 346 Amendment 1272A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 346
- **2022-02-17** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 439 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 479 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-08 H.J. 626 `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/c679f175-cd32-4d68-a0af-4e97ce50b827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).