---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify and repeal provisions related to the Legislative Research Council."
description: "modify and repeal provisions related to the Legislative Research Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1216 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code Commission", "Legislative Documents", "Legislative Oversight", "Legislature and Statutes", "Organization of the Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halverson", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/886c8cf9-6ec3-4f32-9026-bad7c2efbcf5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26007"
source_hash: "28172eba4408b2eb70fcab1862e8f0d86493980528870248ec21b0538b7163b0"
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 1216 (2025) — modify and repeal provisions related to the Legislative Research Council.

## 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/26007/280223)
2. **1216A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281465.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26007/281529)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26007/284048)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **48–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Halverson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 184 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1216A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1
- **2025-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 271
- **2025-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 21 H.J. 289
- **2025-02-18** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 279 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 454
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 503 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 H.J. 528 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 554 `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/886c8cf9-6ec3-4f32-9026-bad7c2efbcf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).