---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that all certified educators take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies."
description: "require that all certified educators take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1002 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Indian Tribes", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d7a9d7-31e8-4eb1-862a-397f8b63028c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25637"
source_hash: "421b8e340560cd52a73faf7fec36b75f688561b50594e6945b9faa128364178d"
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 1002 (2025) — require that all certified educators take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies.

## 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/25637/272400)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25637/281323)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-17** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12 H.J. 45 `passage`
- **2025-01-22** First Reading Senate S.J. 72
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-06** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 210 `passage`
- **2025-02-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 245 `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Signed by the President S.J. 241 `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-12 H.J. 262 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-19 H.J. 318 `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/64d7a9d7-31e8-4eb1-862a-397f8b63028c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).