---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor."
description: "prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1274"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1274 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Attorney's Fees", "Crimes", "Fund", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanc", "Hughes", "Sjaarda", "Soye"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/261baa36-ae56-4c0e-bb18-267e42c97c10"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881"
source_hash: "53162686238878418f9d99bce072560c81e9bd095d0d4fbece8a0cba177f9059"
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 1274 (2026) — prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor.

## 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/26881/300950)
2. **1274C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304165.pdf)
3. **1274D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304220.pdf)
4. **1274G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/306177.pdf)
5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881/304271)
6. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881/306260)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881/306636)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **61–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanc — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading House H.J. 220
- **2026-02-11** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-20** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1274C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1274D `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 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 426
- **2026-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 398 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 39 Amendment 1274G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 39
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 498
- **2026-03-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 6 H.J. 549
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 574 `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/261baa36-ae56-4c0e-bb18-267e42c97c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).