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+type: "Bill"
+title: "require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority."
+description: "require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 55"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 55 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Gross", "Hunhoff", "Karr", "Kolbeck", "Koth", "Lake", "Maher", "Nesiba", "Partridge", "Pischke", "Post", "Wiik"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-21"
+last_action: "2020-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=55&Session=2020"
+source_hash: "85f86c30e011e90ecdf8f9cf97db757fdd1a91e74d3319d1ac00509afd2e32eb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 55 (2020) — require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=55)
+2. **House Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/69629.pdf)
+3. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55SAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=55)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=55)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **65–2** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **33–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bartels — primary (person)
+- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
+- Gross — primary (person)
+- Hunhoff — primary (person)
+- Karr — primary (person)
+- Kolbeck — primary (person)
+- Koth — primary (person)
+- Lake — primary (person)
+- Maher — primary (person)
+- Nesiba — primary (person)
+- Partridge — primary (person)
+- Pischke — primary (person)
+- Post — primary (person)
+- Wiik — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 56 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-02-25** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 368 `passage`
+- **2020-02-27** First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 432 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-03-05** House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 514 `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1. S.J. 479
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+