South Dakota legislation · 100th Legislature (2025)
South Dakota SCR607: Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability.
Status: Passed both chambers, February 13, 2025
What the bill says
An Act A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability.
From the enrolled text:
An Act A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability. WHEREAS, the Legislature is comprised of leaders from across the state who are looked upon as role models for the citizens of South Dakota; and WHEREAS, person-first language, which references the person first, rather than the disability, is an integral aspect of respecting a person who has a disability, so as not to diminish that person's humanity or natural condition of having a disability; and WHEREAS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has evolved over the last decade to prioritize person-centered planning and focus on the person, together with the support that the person needs to achieve the person's life goals; and WHEREAS, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities set a standard for the use of person-first language, and the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy has emphasized the careful use of words when referring to a person with a disability; and WHEREAS, terminology that references a person with a disability should not imply that the person is disabled as a whole, equate the person with a condition, or have negative overtones of a derogatory or demeaning effect; and WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of South Dakota finds it important and appropriate that new …
Sponsors
- Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008) · primary sponsor
- Brian Mulder (R, HD-011) · primary sponsor
- Randy Deibert (R, SD-031)
- Helene Duhamel (R, SD-032)
- Erin Healy (D, HD-010)
- Erik Muckey (D, HD-015)
- Drew Peterson (R, HD-019)
- Peterson, Sue (R, 13)
- Reisch, Tim (R, 08)
- Michael Rohl (R, SD-001)
- Jamie Smith (D, SD-015)
- Tim Walburg (R, HD-008)
Latest actions
- : Concurred in Resolution
- : First Reading House
- : Adopt Resolution
- : Adopt Resolution
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Health and Human Services
- : First Reading Senate
Votes
- Concurred in Resolution (February 20, 2025): 54 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Adopt Resolution (February 13, 2025): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Adopt Resolution (February 12, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Senate Concurrent Resolution
Common questions
- What is SCR607?
- SCR607 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (100th Legislature (2025)): Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability.
- What does SCR607 do?
- In its own words: An Act A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability.
- What is the status of SCR607?
- Passed both chambers as of February 13, 2025. Latest action: Concurred in Resolution (February 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored SCR607?
- Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR607?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26088
Source: official South Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.