HB1184 adds legal definitions of "man" and "woman" throughout South Dakota law based on biological sex characteristics, specifically defining "female" as someone with a reproductive system that produces eggs and "male" as someone with a reproductive system that produces sperm. The bill updates multiple sections of state code to use these new definitions consistently across areas including vital records, adoption, and other legal matters. This change affects how the state recognizes sex designations in official documents and legal proceedings.
The amendment removes language prohibiting state funding for anything contrary to the bill's definitions and narrows the bill's scope from regulating funding to simply defining biological sex terms in state law. This shifts the bill from a potentially broad funding restriction to a definitional statute focused on establishing legal meanings for sex-based terms.
The enrolled version adds a definition of "female" as a biological category based on reproductive capacity while removing the "boy" definition and renumbering subsequent definitions accordingly. This STRENGTHENS the bill's original purpose by explicitly codifying a sex-based rather than gender-identity-based definition into state law, though the amendment also includes various technical corrections and modernizations to existing statutory language.
Other amendments
Signed by the Governor H.J. 579
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 562
Signed by the President S.J. 526
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4. S.J. 496
Judiciary Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 37
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 398
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 9. H.J. 425
State Affairs Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 179
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended