---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain physical therapists to perform dry needling as a treatment technique."
description: "authorize certain physical therapists to perform dry needling as a treatment technique."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1079 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensing", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiSanto", "Diedrich", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Holmes", "Killer", "Klumb", "McCleerey", "Rounds", "Soholt", "Steinhauer", "York"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96ea37c-68da-4650-b60d-9d39a548063a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1079&Session=2018"
source_hash: "5d03243aba30e5004d048feaa00b2fd3cd0e373b4a9af5a631787c7b4998d1b7"
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 1079 (2018) — authorize certain physical therapists to perform dry needling as a treatment technique.

## 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=HB1079P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1079)
2. **Senate Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1079SHE.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Health and Human Services&Bill=1079)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1079ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1079)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1148, HB 1214, HB 1079, HB 1119, HB 1205 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **59–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 64 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2. H.J. 142 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 6. H.J. 186 `passage`
- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 249 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-12** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1079ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 429 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-14** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 466 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 0. H.J. 488
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 540
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2018 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96ea37c-68da-4650-b60d-9d39a548063a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).