---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions addressing guardianships and conservatorships."
description: "amend provisions addressing guardianships and conservatorships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1240"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reports", "Uniform Probate Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamison", "Mulder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b91b0eb2-b1cd-420b-8b72-0b79de10fdaa"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24057"
source_hash: "c0d7a9e0ef6d5a888f310459227812b413e0ea0db6e5eb96588e2a1c0d4fd498"
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 1240 (2023) — amend provisions addressing guardianships and conservatorships.

## 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/24057/248110)
2. **1240A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249301.pdf)
3. **1240B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250469.pdf)
4. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24057/249565)
5. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24057/250955)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24057/251210)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jamison — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 195 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Prime Sponsor Changed at the Request of the Prime Sponsor , Passed, H.J. 223
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1240A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1
- **2023-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 3 H.J. 338
- **2023-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 318 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-02** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1240B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2023-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 425
- **2023-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 496
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/b91b0eb2-b1cd-420b-8b72-0b79de10fdaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).