---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts."
description: "prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Tobin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7db8f9-86c2-420e-b5da-6419f5cdb1b8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24297"
source_hash: "ed3801da768631695c41dbe46141c3f264a19e43f75aa9b618df78152976bbd6"
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 1185 (2023) — prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts.

## 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/24297/247135)
2. **1185D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248280.pdf)
3. **1185F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250286.pdf)
4. **1185H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/251121.pdf)
5. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24297/251251)
6. **House Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24297/248473)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24297/250479)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24297/251268)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **63–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **61–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First read in House and referred to H.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1185D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2023-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 5 H.J. 250
- **2023-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 226 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 38 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 338
- **2023-02-27** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 359 Amendment 1185F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 360
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, H.J. 429
- **2023-03-01** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 397
- **2023-03-06** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 1185H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 9 H.J. 502
- **2023-03-07** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 453
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 515 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 490 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-09 H.J. 519 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/8f7db8f9-86c2-420e-b5da-6419f5cdb1b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).