---
type: "Bill"
title: "define man and woman throughout the state."
description: "define man and woman throughout the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1184"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1184 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rule Revision", "Legislature and Statutes", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hansen", "Heinemann", "Ismay", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Ladner", "Lems", "Nelson", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Pischke", "Rice", "Sjaarda", "Voita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f3e4b3-b3b8-4aca-9b79-dad704f1ac42"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27106"
source_hash: "caeabbd3b7ab5050fbb0fc1da3ca75bffba88bd50aa59204f7494de4b8ecd34a"
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 1184 (2026) — define man and woman throughout the state.

## 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/27106/298839)
2. **1184A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304063.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27106/304273)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27106/306551)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **57–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 179 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-20** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1184A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 9 H.J. 425
- **2026-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 398 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-05** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 37 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 496
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 526 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 579 `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/76f3e4b3-b3b8-4aca-9b79-dad704f1ac42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).