---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions related to the rights and obligations of a father of a child born to an unmarried mother."
description: "revise certain provisions related to the rights and obligations of a father of a child born to an unmarried mother."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1174"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1174 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Civil Procedure", "Domestic Relations", "Parental Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Hughes", "Ismay", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef259ef2-0524-430b-a7cc-68a8e1097a50"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25697"
source_hash: "ce59779140c0ce12b19ebb20107da411a7b578a73ef34b0dea34bb7a1dd3292e"
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 1174 (2025) — revise certain provisions related to the rights and obligations of a father of a child born to an unmarried mother.

## 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/25697/279160)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25697/284234)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-19** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 5 H.J. 346 `passage`
- **2025-02-21** First Reading Senate S.J. 341
- **2025-02-24** Referred to S.J. 354 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 452
- **2025-03-06** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 472 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 510 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 H.J. 528 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 552 `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/ef259ef2-0524-430b-a7cc-68a8e1097a50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).