---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the Board of Regents or any institution under its control from using state resources for obscene live conduct."
description: "prohibit the Board of Regents or any institution under its control from using state resources for obscene live conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1178"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1178 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Obscenity and Public Indecency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Blare", "Deutsch", "Frye-Mueller", "Hansen", "Jensen (Phil)", "Karr", "Krohmer", "Lems", "May", "Mulder", "Novstrup", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Schaefbauer", "Sjaarda", "Stalzer", "Teunissen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/743cd5c2-b0ef-46d3-ad3b-fa84e331c7b2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25243"
source_hash: "f65e921f0e678a0b4a03e4c8f6aae3b3fd0de9ba246c9de28d30e8c0484c8521"
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 1178 (2024) — prohibit the Board of Regents or any institution under its control from using state resources for obscene live conduct.

## 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/25243/262772)
2. **1178A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266363.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25243/266384)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25243/267000)

## Votes

- Motion to amend — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **27–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 176 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-12** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 8 H.J. 321 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3 Amendment 1178A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 5 S.J. 431
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 7 H.J. 439
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 481 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 H.J. 474 `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/743cd5c2-b0ef-46d3-ad3b-fa84e331c7b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).