---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the licensing of a professional counselor, professional counselor-mental health, or marriage and family therapist licensed in another state under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency."
description: "provide for the licensing of a professional counselor, professional counselor-mental health, or marriage and family therapist licensed in another state under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1040"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1040 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules", "Emergency Clause", "Licensing", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb3101b-0438-4241-8fc6-c4cffc6fd29d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1040&Session=2018"
source_hash: "85ad4ce81e1699dda60b68f809278ab8977f92664fa5c71cf84e37e6edd0079b"
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 HB 1040 (2018) — provide for the licensing of a professional counselor, professional counselor-mental health, or marriage and family therapist licensed in another state under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1040P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1040)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1040ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1040)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **31–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **5–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-18** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 88 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 0. H.J. 119 `passage`
- **2018-01-22** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-24** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1. S.J. 219 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1. S.J. 258 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 266
- **2018-02-01** Signed by the President S.J. 338
- **2018-02-02** Delivered to the Governor on February 02, 2018 H.J. 310 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-06** Signed by the Governor on February 5, 2018 H.J. 352 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb3101b-0438-4241-8fc6-c4cffc6fd29d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).