---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the duties of truancy officers."
description: "clarify the duties of truancy officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1191"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Truancy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeGroot", "Kull", "Moore", "Tobin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc140437-3fa6-4608-a008-1684dc08e9b4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24241"
source_hash: "9d616803615a0c3788d11713af96998ff849fab1a713a797925376f1a99e8e66"
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 1191 (2023) — clarify the duties of truancy officers.

## 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/24241/247577)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24241/250216)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 179 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 4 H.J. 232 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 214 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-23** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 338 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 372 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 H.J. 518 `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/bc140437-3fa6-4608-a008-1684dc08e9b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).