---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide free birth certificates to persons experiencing homelessness."
description: "provide free birth certificates to persons experiencing homelessness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1098"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1098 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety", "Vital Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Emery", "Foster", "Healy", "Koth", "Krull", "Kull", "Larson", "Lesmeister", "Moore", "Mulder", "Nelson (Kameron)", "Nesiba", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Pinnow", "Pourier", "Rehfeldt", "Rohl", "St. John", "Stevens", "Teunissen", "Tordsen", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad18a56-34ab-4063-a8a9-20fd0c6e7832"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24596"
source_hash: "dbc21442b450578d48104c9e08213d5acf6e14e2c9dba23f63fb290ccfe420af"
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 1098 (2024) — provide free birth certificates to persons experiencing homelessness.

## 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/24596/260228)
2. **1098A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/263392.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24596/263546)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24596/266772)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **53–15** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krull — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson (Kameron) — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 73 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-30** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1098A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 348
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 15 H.J. 358
- **2024-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 375 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-02-26** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 430
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 431 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 462 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-04 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 H.J. 514 `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/4ad18a56-34ab-4063-a8a9-20fd0c6e7832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).