---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to the termination of parental rights of a child adjudicated abused or neglected."
description: "revise a provision related to the termination of parental rights of a child adjudicated abused or neglected."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1195"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1195 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Minors", "Parental Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Hughes", "Ismay", "Jensen (Phil)", "Peterson (Sue)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d20d676-f05e-4163-a5dc-973289f9b579"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25836"
source_hash: "0686d802ceb91eb72e78a5dc144d22920a13e83c2e596f918bae9413da5102ad"
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 1195 (2025) — revise a provision related to the termination of parental rights of a child adjudicated abused or neglected.

## 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/25836/279281)
2. **1195A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282020.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25836/282468)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25836/283645)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1195A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 360
- **2025-02-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 354 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 418
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 454 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 456 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-06 H.J. 476 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 543 `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/5d20d676-f05e-4163-a5dc-973289f9b579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).