---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding criminal background checks for adults working in child care institutions."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding criminal background checks for adults working in child care institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1029"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1029 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Background Checks", "Minors", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25a6b9c-36d8-451a-b3d3-aec9e37872c2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1029&Session=2019"
source_hash: "373a2f63e4902e61e7ce4eef008557e27a4bc5421f0d075252683b0b4b13b9e2"
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 1029 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding criminal background checks for adults working in child care institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 1029ca** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1029ca.htm)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1029HJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1029)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1029P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1029)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1029ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1029)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019SB 11, SB 20, SB 21, HB 1029, HB 1057 — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-25** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1029ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 183 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0. H.J. 235 `passage`
- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 233 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 381 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 408 `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 454
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 527
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2019 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Governor on March 1, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b25a6b9c-36d8-451a-b3d3-aec9e37872c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).