---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings."
description: "permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1017 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "School Districts", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c38bff4b-6185-4c91-9970-ce1130ca016e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26667"
source_hash: "d29f9a1d2945581b44997d03f10ce9fcd2a3302aebce1ed86bd65f4674e128fe"
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 1017 (2026) — permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings.

## 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/26667/291585)
2. **1017C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303505.pdf)
3. **1017H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304296.pdf)
4. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26667/303750)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26667/304353)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26667/306306)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Deferred to another day — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **49–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## 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
- **2026-01-16** Education Deferred to another day , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-18** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1017C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18 H.J. 388 Amendment 1017H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 388
- **2026-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 356 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-03** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 461
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 506 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580 `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/c38bff4b-6185-4c91-9970-ce1130ca016e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).