---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions relating to child support."
description: "revise certain provisions relating to child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1279 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rusch", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b38fd6e5-e71d-43cd-90df-c04834ae30ed"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23186"
source_hash: "55b983a46a1cf67c48009fa9787cd53922df8f4e5382fb8ebb1f629662623d2e"
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 1279 (2022) — revise certain provisions relating to child support.

## Version chain

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

1. **1279A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234291.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rusch — primary (person)
- Stevens — 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`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 265
- **2022-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 21 H.J. 283 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 257 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-03** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1279A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2022-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 465 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 9 H.J. 628
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 686 `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/b38fd6e5-e71d-43cd-90df-c04834ae30ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).