---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case."
description: "require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1219 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Evidence", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Grove", "Healy", "Larson", "Muckey", "Smith", "Uhre-Balk", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde92730-171c-4400-baa5-c184743094bb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26446"
source_hash: "f370e2175220f0d1656959d31096e85a5dbc617c617389f150e575d2b4eeaa0d"
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 1219 (2026) — require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case.

## 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/26446/299425)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26446/305058)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 18 H.J. 336 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 296 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 29 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 29
- **2026-02-25** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 399
- **2026-02-26** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2 S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `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/cde92730-171c-4400-baa5-c184743094bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).