---
type: "Bill"
title: "create the Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council."
description: "create the Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1232 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appointments", "Child Abuse", "Child Custody", "Indian Tribes", "Reports", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Emery", "Foster", "Maher", "Moore", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Pourier", "Rehfeldt", "Rohl", "St. John"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d610bd3-0985-44e9-97e9-c9952bc8f93a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25197"
source_hash: "ab9a928b605cab7644f00f98583888f3bd17fe14c197eb88300d554fd220590b"
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 1232 (2024) — create the Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council.

## 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/25197/264014)
2. **1232C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265533.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25197/265596)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25197/266613)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **55–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 213 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-14** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1232C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-14** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 13 H.J. 360
- **2024-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 375 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Fiscal Note Requested , Passed, S.J. 409
- **2024-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 418
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 417 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 H.J. 498 `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/9d610bd3-0985-44e9-97e9-c9952bc8f93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).