republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/hb-1239.md

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Bill	revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.	revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	HB 1239	South Dakota HB 1239 (2025)	bill	Crimes Obscenity and Public Indecency	enacted	Aylward Baxter Carley Grove Hughes Ismay Jordan Kayser Manhart May Nelson Novstrup Perry Peterson (Sue) Rice Schaefbauer Sjaarda Soye Voita	4	16	6	2025-02-05	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/39d69e02-3fbe-430c-be85-89e05b7aee21	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25730	7ad311ac58ff1eb40cf9fd2ac699b689eea9e5122404dc086ad13c5d164f8b6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1239 (2025) — revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 1239A (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 38–32 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in amendments — 36–34 (pass) · lower
• Motion to amend — 18–16 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aylward — primary (person)
• Baxter — primary (person)
• Carley — primary (person)
• Grove — primary (person)
• Hughes — primary (person)
• Ismay — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Kayser — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Schaefbauer — primary (person)
• Sjaarda — primary (person)
• Soye — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 First Reading House H.J. 199
• 2025-02-06 Referred to H.J. 213 referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-19 Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 5 committee-passage
• 2025-02-20 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 38, NAYS 32 H.J. 346 passage
• 2025-02-21 First Reading Senate S.J. 341
• 2025-02-24 Referred to S.J. 354 referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-03-06 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 16 S.J. 491 Amendment 1239A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 492
• 2025-03-11 House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 36, NAYS 34 H.J. 520
• 2025-03-12 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 passage
• 2025-03-13 Signed by the President S.J. 528 passage
• 2025-03-13 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 546 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; origin ocd-bill/39d69e02-3fbe-430c-be85-89e05b7aee21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).