---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit medical abortion by telemedicine and to increase the penalty for the unlicensed practice of medicine when performing a medical abortion."
description: "prohibit medical abortion by telemedicine and to increase the penalty for the unlicensed practice of medicine when performing a medical abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1318 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00343f36-70d4-4a82-a778-ca027214de27"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23247"
source_hash: "ccaf7b93343ee335c0c96f5632c0e2a762af256dbf69ce2c7c9d364476779f60"
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 1318 (2022) — prohibit medical abortion by telemedicine and to increase the penalty for the unlicensed practice of medicine when performing a medical abortion.

## Version chain

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

1. **1318A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233377.pdf)
2. **1318C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234185.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **62–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First read in House and referred to H.J. 182 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-22** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 Amendment 1318C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3 Amendment 1318A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1
- **2022-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 8 H.J. 437
- **2022-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 329 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 441
- **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. 689 `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/00343f36-70d4-4a82-a778-ca027214de27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).