---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to name changes when obtaining a marriage license."
description: "revise provisions related to name changes when obtaining a marriage license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1268 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage", "Vital Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Drury", "Duba", "Foster", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hoffman (Charlie)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Koth", "Lesmeister", "Mulally", "Olson", "Pourier", "Reed", "Rusch", "Tidemann", "Tobin", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929dc8fd-ae45-4cbe-ab2c-dd860a4e6139"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23244"
source_hash: "e56cc1178f56379ed429dc234917f7615c51a7c30188717d3a6a24e80265da02"
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 1268 (2022) — revise provisions related to name changes when obtaining a marriage license.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hoffman (Charlie) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 247 `passage`
- **2022-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 233 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 439 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 479 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-08 H.J. 626 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 688 `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/929dc8fd-ae45-4cbe-ab2c-dd860a4e6139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).