Bill Commons

SD HB 1270

died on adjournment

provide an apprenticeship pathway to practice law in South Dakota.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did SD HB 1270 pass?

No. SD HB 1270 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-23): Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 H.J. 27

What is SD HB 1270 about?

SD HB 1270 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “provide an apprenticeship pathway to practice law in South Dakota.”.

Who sponsors SD HB 1270?

Reimer, Goodwin, Emery and 2 others are the primary sponsors of SD HB 1270.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-02-23 — Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 H.J. 27
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Reimerprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Emeryprimary
  • Hulseprimary
  • Fitzgeraldprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-04

    First Reading House H.J. 220

  2. 2026-02-05

    Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 237

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-23

    Scheduled for hearing

  4. 2026-02-23

    Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 H.J. 27

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Deferred to the 41st legislative day

    2026-02-23 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Hughes: yes
    • Stevens: yes
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Fitzgerald: no
    • Reimer: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Massie: yes
    • Kull: yes
    • Pourier: no
    • Hunt: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/27060

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:38.286047Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=SD&identifier=HB 1270. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.