Trans Legislation Tracker

South Dakota

We are tracking 7 anti-trans bills in South Dakota in 2025. The legislation impacts 6 categories:

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

OTHER

BATHROOM

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

MARRIAGE

SD HB1177

EDUCATION
INTRODUCED

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.

No employee of a school district or an institution under the control of the Board of Regents or the South Dakota Board of Technical Education [...] may without the written permission of the student's parent or guardian knowingly and intentionally address an unemancipated minor student by: (1) A name other than the student's legal name or a derivative thereof; or (2) A student's preferred personal title or pronoun that is inconsistent with the student's sex. For the purposes of this section and sections 2 and 3 of this Act, the term "sex" means the classification of a person as either female or male based on the organization of the body for a specific reproductive role, as indicated by an individual's sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth.

SD HB1201

HEALTHCARE
INTRODUCED

Establish requirements for school employees regarding gender ideology.

A school counselor, or another school staff member, must notify a student's parent or guardian: [...] If questions regarding any of the following topics are discussed with a student during a direct counseling service: (a) Gender; (b) Gender confusion; (c) Gender dysphoria; (d) Homosexuality; or (e) Transsexuality.

SD HB1211

OTHER
INTRODUCED

Prohibit the use of a diversity, equity, or inclusion program in a law enforcement agency.

No law enforcement agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof may: [...] (1) Engage in a diversity, equity, or inclusion program; [...] (5) Enter into or renew a contract with any entity or organization that promotes or participates in a diversity, equity, or inclusion program; [...] (9) Adopt, implement, or promote any theory of unconscious or implicit bias, cultural appropriation, allyship, transgenderism, [...] social justice, intersectionality, neopronouns, inclusive language, gender identity or theory

SD HB1259

BATHROOM
ENGROSSED

Prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms and to provide a penalty therefor.

A student who does not meet the definition of a female may not enter a changing room, restroom, or shower room designated exclusively for females. A student who does not meet the definition of a male may not enter a changing room, restroom, or shower room designated exclusively for males.

SD HB1260

BIRTH CERTIFICATES
INTRODUCED

Require that birth certificates and certain official documents reflect biological sex.

An Act to require that birth certificates and certain official documents reflect biological sex.

INTRODUCED

Authorize display of certain flags on public property.

A flag representing a political viewpoint, including gender [...] or sexual orientation may not be displayed on public property.

SD HCR6012

MARRIAGE
INTRODUCED

Urging the Supreme Court of the United States to establish marriage as between a man and a woman.

WHEREAS, when the framers proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," they referred to a vision of mankind in which all humans are created in the image of God and therefore of inherent worth; and WHEREAS, Obergefell undermines this vision by declaring that citizens must seek dignity from the state.