---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove the option for a court services officer to prepare documentation in an adoption proceeding."
description: "remove the option for a court services officer to prepare documentation in an adoption proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1088"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1088 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Domestic Relations", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99140e83-3be4-4d86-9ce3-5ee32e1e44b1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24800"
source_hash: "79d28b62fcaca72ca2871ca73836004d71adb17e4049faf7a9d9ccd24d70b1f3"
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 1088 (2024) — remove the option for a court services officer to prepare documentation in an adoption proceeding.

## 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/24800/259583)
2. **1088A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260877.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24800/260927)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24800/266100)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 59 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1088A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-23** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 156
- **2024-01-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 166
- **2024-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 257 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-20** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 376
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 381 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-26 H.J. 396 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-28 H.J. 420 `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/99140e83-3be4-4d86-9ce3-5ee32e1e44b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).