---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow an appeal of a decision of the Department of Education regarding special education or related services by a civil action against the department."
description: "allow an appeal of a decision of the Department of Education regarding special education or related services by a civil action against the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1220"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1220 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Crabtree", "Duba", "Emery", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "Kull", "Mulder", "Odenbach", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reisch", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Teunissen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ca2af7-7c9b-4133-8575-8496e0e416d7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25140"
source_hash: "30b82059d4fbaccfc55f03e8ef0b2842000276497e51dff1c58755d8d3f68d55"
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 (2024) — allow an appeal of a decision of the Department of Education regarding special education or related services by a civil action against the department.

## 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/25140/263871)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25140/266632)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 212 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 322 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-22** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 398
- **2024-02-26** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 417 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 417 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 H.J. 498 `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/98ca2af7-7c9b-4133-8575-8496e0e416d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).