republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2019/sb-126.md

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Bill	revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state.	revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2019	SB 126	South Dakota SB 126 (2019)	bill	Indian Tribes State Affairs and Government	enacted	Blare Bordeaux Chase Cwach Dennert Goodwin Healy Heinert Kennedy Klumb Lesmeister Maher McCleerey Monroe Schoenfish Smith (Jamie) Soholt Stalzer Sullivan Sutton Youngberg	6	18	4	2019-01-25	2019-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d24ceb3a-a24c-4fcb-b005-33006e345f97	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=126&Session=2019	400d9f62c9d4208a4e6d71e303466f89531ae8c38523bb7b428b6ec1f9ac70da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 126 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding the common language of the state and to recognize the official indigenous language of the state.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment 126ca (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment 126ka (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate State Affairs (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB126SST.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=126)
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2019 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2019 — 59–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blare — primary (person)
• Bordeaux — primary (person)
• Chase — primary (person)
• Cwach — primary (person)
• Dennert — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Heinert — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Klumb — primary (person)
• Lesmeister — primary (person)
• Maher — primary (person)
• McCleerey — primary (person)
• Monroe — primary (person)
• Schoenfish — primary (person)
• Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
• Soholt — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Sullivan — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Youngberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-25 First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 187 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Scheduled for hearing
• 2019-02-08 State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 126ka amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-02-08 State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 126ca amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-02-08 State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 312 committee-passage
• 2019-02-12 Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 353 Amendment 126kb
• 2019-02-12 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 353 passage
• 2019-02-12 Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 356 Amendment 126dta
• 2019-02-13 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 393 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 562 committee-passage
• 2019-02-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2019-02-28 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 591
• 2019-03-04 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 605
• 2019-03-06 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 6. H.J. 664 passage
• 2019-03-07 Signed by the President S.J. 647
• 2019-03-07 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
• 2019-03-11 Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 executive-receipt
• 2019-03-29 Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2019 S.J. 733 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d24ceb3a-a24c-4fcb-b005-33006e345f97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).