---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the list of organizations that may approve and accredit a nonpublic school."
description: "revise the list of organizations that may approve and accredit a nonpublic school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "South Dakota SB 148 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Districts", "Tribal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Cronin", "Frerichs", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Peters", "Stalzer", "Sutton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03bf835c-540a-4e03-8635-ea9277693885"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=148&Session=2018"
source_hash: "ae726d44f7a7aad484043c5a1d6968dcf2a97ca7cae88e48db1ab65acb0bc2b6"
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 148 (2018) — revise the list of organizations that may approve and accredit a nonpublic school.

## 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=SB148P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=148)
2. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB148SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=148)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB148ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=148)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **50–17** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 228 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 148ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 381 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** Education Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 6, NAYS 5. `committee-failure`
- **2018-02-23** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4. H.J. 595 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 633
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 17. H.J. 649 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 704
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 712
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 9, 2018 S.J. 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03bf835c-540a-4e03-8635-ea9277693885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).