South Dakota schools must now teach students about prenatal development using materials recommended by the state Board of Education Standards, including videos or animations showing fetal development from fertilization through birth and depicting organs at various stages. The instruction must include at least three-minute videos showing the brain, heart, and other major organs, and cannot use any materials produced by organizations that perform, promote, or refer patients for abortions.
The amendment changed which state agency oversees the prenatal education curriculum—shifting authority from the "department" to the "board" (South Dakota Board of Education Standards)—and updated the bill's section numbering from 26.7.30 to 26.7.31, which is a technical/administrative change that does not substantively alter the bill's purpose of requiring prenatal development instruction in schools.
This change converted the bill from its engrossed (passed by House) version to its enrolled (final) version by removing the markup formatting and line numbers used during legislative debate and adding signature lines for the Governor and Secretary of State—this is a procedural finalization with no substantive changes to the bill's requirement that schools teach prenatal development using specific ultrasound videos and animations while excluding materials from abortion-related entities.
Other amendments
Signed by the Governor H.J. 579
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 534
Signed by the President S.J. 486
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 448
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 23
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 272
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 10. H.J. 321
House of Representatives Motion to amend H.J. 319
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3.
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 237
First Reading House H.J. 220
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Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass