---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable."
description: "provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1220"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1220 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Castleberry", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Gross", "Hansen", "Kull", "May", "Novstrup", "Olson", "Perry", "Reimer", "Stevens", "Tobin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3452d773-cd52-4c18-b13e-c13a6542ec9b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24248"
source_hash: "00ebb8ad8b57d5b2c28d6445543e5a517bf24c3a94dce5b5a2b620d7b0f61047"
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 1220 (2023) — provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.

## 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/24248/248001)
2. **1220A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248769.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24248/249566)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24248/251144)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 195 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1220A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 7 H.J. 335
- **2023-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 317 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-02** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 412
- **2023-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 426
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/3452d773-cd52-4c18-b13e-c13a6542ec9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).