republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/hb-1044.md

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Bill	authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.	authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	HB 1044	South Dakota HB 1044 (2025)	bill	Child Custody Domestic Relations Emergency Medical Services Firefighters Health Care Law Enforcement	enacted	Auch Aylward Bahmuller Baxter Carley Davis Emery Foster Grove Hughes Hulse Hunt Jensen (Phil) Jordan Kassin Kayser Manhart Massie May Moore Mulally Nolz Novstrup Odenbach Perry Peterson (Sue) Pischke Pourier Randolph Rice Roby Schaefbauer Sjaarda Soye Uhre-Balk Voita	2	15	4	2025-01-14	2025-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25473	2177bc9ef2cf0a6ae56b55a6f5ee23bc2e7694c1bfd6213b461d55ef5deaeb1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1044 (2025) — authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.

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 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Auch — primary (person)
• Aylward — primary (person)
• Bahmuller — primary (person)
• Baxter — primary (person)
• Carley — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Foster — primary (person)
• Grove — primary (person)
• Hughes — primary (person)
• Hulse — primary (person)
• Hunt — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Kassin — primary (person)
• Kayser — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• Massie — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Mulally — primary (person)
• Nolz — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Odenbach — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)
• Pourier — primary (person)
• Randolph — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Roby — primary (person)
• Schaefbauer — primary (person)
• Sjaarda — primary (person)
• Soye — primary (person)
• Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 First read in House and referred to H.J. 12 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-01-23 Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2025-01-24 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 114
• 2025-01-27 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 123 passage
• 2025-01-28 First Reading Senate S.J. 112
• 2025-02-03 Referred to S.J. 153 referral-committee
• 2025-02-21 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-21 Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2025-02-24 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 361 passage
• 2025-02-25 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401 passage
• 2025-02-26 Signed by the President S.J. 397 passage
• 2025-02-27 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-27 H.J. 418 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-06 Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-06 H.J. 475 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05dc3157-4a80-4c67-a45e-272b639a0416. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).