republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/hb-1068.md

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Bill	allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.	allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	HB 1068	South Dakota HB 1068 (2025)	bill	Education Military Affairs Students	enacted	Aylward Bathke Crabtree Deibert Emery Fitzgerald Halverson Howard Hulse Jensen (Kevin) Jensen (Phil) Jordan Kull Muckey Mulally Nelson Overweg Pourier Reder Reed Reisch Roe Rohl Uhre-Balk Van Diepen Venhuizen Voita Walburg Zikmund	4	15	5	2025-01-17	2025-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/295d06a8-4f91-406c-b011-1d03e7a9b7ca	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25706	4fcdf90fbedd38a87550b8be81577fa67e6b9cdc8df9a19c0ad2fb882f6ad35e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1068 (2025) — allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 1068A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Education Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 65–2 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aylward — primary (person)
• Bathke — primary (person)
• Crabtree — primary (person)
• Deibert — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Fitzgerald — primary (person)
• Halverson — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Hulse — primary (person)
• Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Kull — primary (person)
• Muckey — primary (person)
• Mulally — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Overweg — primary (person)
• Pourier — primary (person)
• Reder — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Reisch — primary (person)
• Roe — primary (person)
• Rohl — primary (person)
• Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
• Van Diepen — primary (person)
• Venhuizen — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)
• Walburg — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-17 First read in House and referred to H.J. 38 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-03 Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2025-02-05 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 205 passage
• 2025-02-06 First Reading Senate S.J. 196
• 2025-02-10 Referred to S.J. 219 referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-20 Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1068A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-20 Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
• 2025-02-24 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 362
• 2025-02-26 House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 409
• 2025-02-27 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 429 passage
• 2025-03-03 Signed by the President S.J. 425 passage
• 2025-03-05 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 H.J. 458 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-13 Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 542 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/295d06a8-4f91-406c-b011-1d03e7a9b7ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).