---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit a homeowner's association, development, or incorporated community to modify a restrictive covenant."
description: "permit a homeowner's association, development, or incorporated community to modify a restrictive covenant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1240"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1240 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Homeowners' Associations", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duba", "Gross", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "May", "Mills", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Reed", "Weisgram", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c6755e-79f6-412d-9534-4aa220634460"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25251"
source_hash: "cfb10f564ca91779d0308523c4e7dc2b6cbaa81e6e2d9ef7edc416d28c66f2ce"
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 1240 (2024) — permit a homeowner's association, development, or incorporated community to modify a restrictive covenant.

## 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/25251/264044)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25251/267140)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duba — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 211 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 348
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 358 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 375 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-28** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 460
- **2024-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 6 S.J. 471 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 488 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 480 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-06 H.J. 484 `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/19c6755e-79f6-412d-9534-4aa220634460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).