---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms."
description: "prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney's Fees", "Crimes", "Education", "Penalty", "Personal Rights and Obligations", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Auch", "Baxter", "Garcia", "Hughes", "Ismay", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Manhart", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Randolph", "Rice", "Schaefbauer", "Schwans", "Sjaarda", "Voita"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc32d31f-76c4-401d-9b90-c2b6d6fd75a4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25894"
source_hash: "a973050c1e3e9de6f6bb442e00c5c41554c2751e07244ddf6eb0adf93a5f6699"
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 1259 (2025) — prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms.

## 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/25894/280875)
2. **1259A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281003.pdf)
3. **1259B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283502.pdf)
4. **1259K** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284305.pdf)
5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25894/281994)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25894/284387)
7. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25894/283793)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25894/284482)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **49–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **58–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Auch — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schwans — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 199
- **2025-02-06** Referred to H.J. 213 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1259A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2025-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 21 H.J. 328
- **2025-02-20** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 321 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1259B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
- **2025-03-06** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 468
- **2025-03-10** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 495 Amendment 1259K `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 6 S.J. 496
- **2025-03-11** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9 H.J. 521
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 546 `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/dc32d31f-76c4-401d-9b90-c2b6d6fd75a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).