---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to the venue of adoption proceedings."
description: "revise a provision related to the venue of adoption proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1197 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Civil Procedure", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Arlint", "Hughes", "Jordan", "Moore", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rice", "Roby", "Walburg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28110c4d-2123-483e-9079-e50f4b203179"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27203"
source_hash: "bf3ed02fcc7ea11032bc3e668642a1b4df66de1414a0b65a835b4d163255b4c2"
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 1197 (2026) — revise a provision related to the venue of adoption proceedings.

## 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/27203/299222)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27203/305056)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Arlint — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 H.J. 14 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 267 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 232 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 29 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 29
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 399 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 H.J. 496 `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/28110c4d-2123-483e-9079-e50f4b203179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).