republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2023/hb-1231.md

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Bill	revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records.	revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2023	HB 1231	South Dakota HB 1231 (2023)	bill	Adoption Domestic Relations Public Health and Safety Public Records and Files	enacted	Davis Duba Emery Fitzgerald Heermann Krohmer Mulder Olson Overweg Perry Pourier Reed Reimer Tobin Tordsen Wittman	2	13	3	2023-02-01	2023-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/135a921f-4062-4ed8-9f82-6fbbd720ccee	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24327	0154a0050f9d90030605eeed954a629c74a73355b36f5698a47b8a75ff81e1eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1231 (2023) — revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 65–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)
• Duba — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Fitzgerald — primary (person)
• Heermann — primary (person)
• Krohmer — primary (person)
• Mulder — primary (person)
• Olson — primary (person)
• Overweg — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Pourier — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Reimer — primary (person)
• Tobin — primary (person)
• Tordsen — primary (person)
• Wittman — 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
• 2023-02-15 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-02-15 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2023-02-16 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 321 passage
• 2023-02-21 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 302 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2023-02-27 Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2023-02-27 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2023-02-28 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 369 passage
• 2023-03-06 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 passage
• 2023-03-07 Signed by the President S.J. 447 passage
• 2023-03-08 Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 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; origin ocd-bill/135a921f-4062-4ed8-9f82-6fbbd720ccee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).