---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the order of precedence for the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person."
description: "revise the order of precedence for the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1145 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Jamison", "Jensen (Phil)", "May", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4af5f769-3522-4983-8466-1ad9d7513609"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24055"
source_hash: "0a2e1558c5b409694ed082f3c8cf78b5c7fdd1168d04c714b3f97978913f452c"
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 1145 (2023) — revise the order of precedence for the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24055/246326)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24055/249957)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 213 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 192 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 34 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 34
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 318 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 H.J. 378 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 H.J. 398 `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/4af5f769-3522-4983-8466-1ad9d7513609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).