---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1003 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Background Investigation", "Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78bc80fd-3a0b-4305-b24f-6111b128d906"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26665"
source_hash: "657db29f3bf11bbdfe591109251162614f57048942558d29ac23db3697515c8a"
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 1003 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees.

## 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/26665/291306)
2. **1003B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/296746.pdf)
3. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26665/297493)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26665/303859)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-26** Education Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 5 Amendment 1003B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 H.J. 5
- **2026-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 6
- **2026-01-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 166
- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-17** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 13
- **2026-02-18** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 296
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 373 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 346 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-23 H.J. 400 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-26 H.J. 452 `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/78bc80fd-3a0b-4305-b24f-6111b128d906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).