---
type: "Bill"
title: "designate the traditional flute as the official indigenous musical instrument of South Dakota."
description: "designate the traditional flute as the official indigenous musical instrument of South Dakota."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1196 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Native Americans", "State Affairs and Government", "State Emblems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bartels", "Davis", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Hoffman (Charlie)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Lesmeister", "Mortenson", "Mulally", "Perry", "Reimer", "Schoenbeck", "St. John", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d62aeb-57ad-4b8e-8480-f607c5b3e40a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23344"
source_hash: "b38d49c194affc8522fbff9b38c6833a6494ab60ec13e49e6ee33b30c0efa457"
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 1196 (2022) — designate the traditional flute as the official indigenous musical instrument of South Dakota.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1196A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234439.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hoffman (Charlie) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading House H.J. 139
- **2022-01-31** Referred to H.J. 156 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 240 `passage`
- **2022-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 224 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-23** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1196A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2022-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 0 S.J. 399 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 506
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 H.J. 594 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 656 `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/f1d62aeb-57ad-4b8e-8480-f607c5b3e40a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).