---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records."
description: "revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Domestic Relations", "Public Health and Safety", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Duba", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Heermann", "Krohmer", "Mulder", "Olson", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Reimer", "Tobin", "Tordsen", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135a921f-4062-4ed8-9f82-6fbbd720ccee"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24327"
source_hash: "0154a0050f9d90030605eeed954a629c74a73355b36f5698a47b8a75ff81e1eb"
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 1231 (2023) — revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records.

## 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/24327/248062)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24327/250631)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 195 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 321 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 302 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-27** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-28** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 369 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/135a921f-4062-4ed8-9f82-6fbbd720ccee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).