---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a reservation."
description: "establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a reservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1232 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Tribes", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Foster", "Grove", "Pourier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c005ff-e4b4-4024-adf8-2ff66f4e2ee4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27199"
source_hash: "54cea93fbcca20b1b51deb1e3bf416e769ea409eab547c5a93a7c03c5667d01f"
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 1232 (2026) — establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a reservation.

## 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/27199/299481)
2. **1232A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301800.pdf)
3. **1232B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302059.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27199/302150)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27199/306450)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First Reading House H.J. 181
- **2026-02-02** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-09** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1232A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1232B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3 H.J. 295
- **2026-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 260 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 39 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 39
- **2026-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 481
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 542 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 H.J. 556 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 578 `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/87c005ff-e4b4-4024-adf8-2ff66f4e2ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).