---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance."
description: "revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "South Dakota SB 71 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Attendance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Davis", "Manhart", "Otten", "Reimer", "Rohl"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71a0feb-d94d-4c4f-b16d-8e61fdc76962"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25538"
source_hash: "8525c2440e990fa3abeb50687309a54e8516c26f43759bbb317bd868a37a83ba"
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 SB 71 (2025) — revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance.

## 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/25538/275065)
2. **71A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/277533.pdf)
3. **71C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/278511.pdf)
4. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25538/277951)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25538/279389)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25538/282975)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First Reading Senate S.J. 31
- **2025-01-21** Referred to S.J. 63 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Education Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 71A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Amend the amendment , Passed, S.J. 3
- **2025-01-28** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 3
- **2025-01-30** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 144 Amendment 71C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 144
- **2025-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 172 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-21** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 9 H.J. 379
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 386 `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 415 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-27 S.J. 405 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-05 S.J. 446 `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/d71a0feb-d94d-4c4f-b16d-8e61fdc76962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).