2025 Regular Session • South Dakota Legislature
HB1177
Legislative Summary
Require an employee of a school district, the Board of Regents, or the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to receive permission of a parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor student before addressing the student with a name other than the student's legal name and to prohibit the compulsory use of gendered language inconsistent with sex.
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Bill History
1/30/2025
First Reading House H.J. 154
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Referred to House Education H.J. 171
House of Representatives
2/7/2025
Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1177A
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Education Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 5.
House of Representatives
2/21/2025
Education Reconsidered, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 7.
House of Representatives
Amendments
House Education Amendment 1177A
House Education Amendment 1177A
2/10/2025Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Reconsidered
2/21/2025
8
Yea
7
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Deferred to the 41st legislative day
2/10/2025
9
Yea
5
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/30/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 7
Primary Sponsor

Kathy Rice
Republican