---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the individuals eligible to sign an affidavit of homelessness for purposes of obtaining a free copy of a birth certificate."
description: "modify the individuals eligible to sign an affidavit of homelessness for purposes of obtaining a free copy of a birth certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1074"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1074 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety", "Vital Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Healy", "Kull", "Larson", "Moore", "Muckey", "Pourier", "Schoenfish", "Smith", "Uhre-Balk", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2b9dd6-b50f-4288-944a-b1e084d5ece4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25879"
source_hash: "e8f90a5de687c50455f30ca333cdfc8729324b1119a18b917bfa1cb25f639be3"
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 1074 (2025) — modify the individuals eligible to sign an affidavit of homelessness for purposes of obtaining a free copy of a birth certificate.

## 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/25879/275850)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25879/282316)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First read in House and referred to H.J. 43 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-24** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 125 `passage`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 153 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-13** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-18** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 280 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 335 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 325 `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-21 H.J. 350 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-25 H.J. 382 `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/bb2b9dd6-b50f-4288-944a-b1e084d5ece4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).