---
type: "Bill"
title: "create provisions regarding the language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing students."
description: "create provisions regarding the language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1155 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Parent and Child", "School Districts", "Students", "Teacher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Heinert", "Nesiba", "Smith", "Wismer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6b3f50-c03a-4f77-bd79-2e4b4f4cf1c6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1155&Session=2018"
source_hash: "735ceccb48f9f7460ca4e855ae34f7a77b2230e4af6b764a0b730f20d77307f6"
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 1155 (2018) — create provisions regarding the language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1155HED.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Education&Bill=1155)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1155P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1155)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1155S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=1155)
4. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1155SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=1155)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1155ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1155)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **62–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **53–13** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 174 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1155ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-07** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 1. H.J. 365 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 13. H.J. 409 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 447 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1155jc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 609 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 671 Amendment 1155jd
- **2018-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 671 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3. H.J. 705
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 737
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 759
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2:50 p.m., March 8, 2018. H.J. 747 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 9, 2018 H.J. 794 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e6b3f50-c03a-4f77-bd79-2e4b4f4cf1c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).