---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for certain rape offenses."
description: "prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for certain rape offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1096 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Carley", "Deibert", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Greenfield", "Hughes", "Hulse", "Hunt", "Ismay", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kull", "Pourier", "Van Diepen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8002eb93-c579-4361-a4c6-1053ca0ba9ff"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25717"
source_hash: "ec44890e1d3422aa542f5dbcf804991aa4a0d419959303a7d9ee759ca37de7fc"
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 1096 (2025) — prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for certain rape offenses.

## 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/25717/277162)
2. **1096A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281107.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25717/281277)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25717/284045)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Van Diepen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First read in House and referred to H.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-07** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 Amendment 1096A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 255
- **2025-02-12** First Reading Senate S.J. 255
- **2025-02-13** Referred to S.J. 268 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 452
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 503 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 H.J. 528 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 552 `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/8002eb93-c579-4361-a4c6-1053ca0ba9ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).