---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit certain instances of inserting a urinary catheter without consent of the patient."
description: "prohibit certain instances of inserting a urinary catheter without consent of the patient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "South Dakota SB 164 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "Parent and Child", "Personal Rights and Obligations", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Frerichs", "Frye-Mueller", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Peters", "Ring", "Rusch", "Schaefer", "Schoenfish", "Smith", "Solano", "Sutton", "Wismer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/518eb8f7-6881-48f2-95ee-af1624813bb0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=164&Session=2018"
source_hash: "835fd9f2e6dd3667b5cc037d434b054f51e85c7b71bdd81f11fbb26ab036f237"
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 164 (2018) — prohibit certain instances of inserting a urinary catheter without consent of the patient.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164HHE.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Health and Human Services&Bill=164)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=164)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164SHE.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Health and Human Services&Bill=164)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=164)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018HB 1117, SB 164 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 245 `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. 343 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Health and Human Services Title amended, Passed S.J. 343 Amendment 164kta
- **2018-02-02** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 389 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 371 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-13** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 164kc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Health and Human Services Title amended, Passed H.J. 416 Amendment 164KTB
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 501
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 539
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 565
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 625 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 664
- **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/518eb8f7-6881-48f2-95ee-af1624813bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).