---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions."
description: "require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1224"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1224 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bartels", "Blare", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Drury", "Gross", "Hansen", "Heermann", "Kull", "Ladner", "Lesmeister", "Massie", "Mortenson", "Mulder", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Overweg", "Peterson (Drew)", "Pinnow", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Schaefbauer", "Shorma", "Stevens", "Tobin", "Wangsness", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f83a6e5-ea4e-4027-a407-c7a60cae1270"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24959"
source_hash: "b6ca515f07f1e81386f18330843873d0afdccf549d1c9861109b195f0cb35061"
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 1224 (2024) — require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions.

## 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/24959/263916)
2. **1224A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265199.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24959/265262)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24959/267013)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 213 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-12** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1224A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1
- **2024-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 336
- **2024-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 344 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 461
- **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/1f83a6e5-ea4e-4027-a407-c7a60cae1270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).