South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota HCR6010: urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Status: Failed, February 11, 2026
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. [ADDED.
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. [ADDED: WHEREAS, the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), is at odds with the Constitution of the United States and the principles upon which the United States was established; and] [ADDED: WHEREAS, liberty has long been understood as individual freedom from governmental action, not as a right to a particular governmental entitlement; and] [ADDED: WHEREAS, Obergefell, in invoking a definition of "liberty" that the Framers would not have recognized, rejected the idea that human dignity is innate, which is captured in the Declaration of Independence, and instead suggested that human dignity comes from the government; and] [ADDED: 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 are of inherent worth; and] [ADDED: WHEREAS, Obergefell undermines this vision by declaring that citizens must seek dignity from the state; and] [ADDED: WHEREAS, Obergefell relies on the dangerous fiction of treating the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as a font of substantive …
Sponsors
- Tony Randolph (R, HD-035) · primary sponsor
- Aaron Aylward (R, HD-006)
- Heather Baxter (R, HD-034)
- Josephine Garcia (R, HD-005)
- Phil Jensen (R, 33)
- Dylan Jordan (R, HD-004)
- Kathy Rice (R, HD-029)
- Brandei Schaefbauer (R, HD-003)
Latest actions
- : Deferred to the 41st legislative day
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Judiciary
- : First Reading House
Votes
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day (February 11, 2026): 8 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Marriage, House Concurrent Resolution
Common questions
- What is HCR6010?
- HCR6010 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
- What does HCR6010 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. [ADDED.
- What is the status of HCR6010?
- Failed as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: Deferred to the 41st legislative day (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR6010?
- Tony Randolph (R, HD-035), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HCR6010?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26463
Source: official South Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.