---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion."
description: "provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Public Health and Safety", "Public Welfare and Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunner", "DiSanto", "Frye-Mueller", "Jensen (Phil)", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Russell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc6e551-d438-448e-b4e0-6b891198f483"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1177&Session=2019"
source_hash: "1c927c37f9107751b4720ae6a63863ff61e0bf5329b61d1384e40c72555b3661"
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 1177 (2019) — provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 1177wa** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1177wa.htm)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1177H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=1177)
3. **House State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1177HST.htm&Session=2019&Version=House State Affairs&Bill=1177)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1177P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1177)
5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1177S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=1177)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1177ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1177)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunner — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 233 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-22** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1177wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** State Affairs Title amended, Passed H.J. 501 Amendment 1177wta
- **2019-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 9. H.J. 537 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 538 Amendment 1177wtb
- **2019-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 520 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 624 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-07** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 645
- **2019-03-07** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 657 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 657 Amendment 1177bts
- **2019-03-11** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 715
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 6. H.J. 722
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 747
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 716
- **2019-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on March 13, 2019 H.J. 755 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2019 H.J. 760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bc6e551-d438-448e-b4e0-6b891198f483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).