---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes."
description: "authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1044 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody", "Domestic Relations", "Emergency Medical Services", "Firefighters", "Health Care", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Carley", "Davis", "Emery", "Foster", "Grove", "Hughes", "Hulse", "Hunt", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Kassin", "Kayser", "Manhart", "Massie", "May", "Moore", "Mulally", "Nolz", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Randolph", "Rice", "Roby", "Schaefbauer", "Sjaarda", "Soye", "Uhre-Balk", "Voita"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473"
source_hash: "2177bc9ef2cf0a6ae56b55a6f5ee23bc2e7694c1bfd6213b461d55ef5deaeb1f"
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 1044 (2025) — authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.

## 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/25473/274661)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473/283003)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Kayser — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-01-24** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 114
- **2025-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 123 `passage`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 153 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 361 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401 `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-27 H.J. 418 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-06 H.J. 475 `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/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).