HB 1201 South Dakota House · 2025 Regular Session

establish requirements for school employees regarding gender ideology.

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Issues: ✗ Education

Bill status in committee 2 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Failed

Feb 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → House Education Engrossed · 4 edits · Feb 11, 2025

MODERATE

This bill introduces new requirements for school employees in South Dakota regarding discussions of gender identity and biological sex. It mandates that staff must notify parents if gender-related questions are discussed with students, and prohibits staff from providing instruction about gender identity concepts or withholding such information from parents.

Scope change

The bill applies to all school employees including nurses, counselors, teachers, administrators, and other staff in both public school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

REQUIREMENT

Mandates that school staff must notify parents or guardians when questions about gender confusion or dysphoria are discussed with students

Prohibits school staff from providing instruction about gender identity, gender expression, or the concept that gender may differ from biological sex at birth

Prohibits school staff from encouraging students to withhold gender-related information from parents

Prohibits school staff from withholding information about a student's gender perception from parents

Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

27–40

Failed · 1 other

Total votes 68

Feb 13, 2025

D Democratic5

5 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican63

27 Yea 35 Nay 1

55% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 40 H.J. 294

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Vote failed

House Vote: fail (27-40-1)

house

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 7

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1201C

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First read in House and referred to H.J. 170

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors