---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefits management."
description: "establish certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefits management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "South Dakota SB 141 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cronin", "Gosch", "Lake", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Peters", "Peterson (Kent)", "Rusch", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "Stevens", "Sutton", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c38ef7ef-1a92-4a15-84d2-a66ee0a47b77"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=141&Session=2018"
source_hash: "0e80ce5891157f39777377a131f6e2d0303a9bc3ac371db0216e07efc9874f9e"
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 141 (2018) — establish certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefits management.

## 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=SB141P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=141)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB141ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=141)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1185, SB 34, SB 141, HB 1173 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1026, HB 1038, HB 1039, HB 1080, HB 1105, SB 141, SB 146, SB 154, HB 1102 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cronin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 227 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 369 `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 358 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 387 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 408 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 513
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 540
- **2018-02-22** Delivered to the Governor on February 22, 2018 S.J. 548 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the Governor on February 27, 2018 S.J. 608 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c38ef7ef-1a92-4a15-84d2-a66ee0a47b77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).