---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications assistance to schools."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications assistance to schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "South Dakota SB 212 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Affairs and Government", "Tribal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Frerichs", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "Maher", "May", "McCleerey", "Nelson", "Peters", "Ring", "Russell", "Schoenfish", "Smith", "Sutton", "Wismer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c8ecbd7-f12d-4a6b-becf-f34f75cc0533"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=212&Session=2018"
source_hash: "bf3c2fb269f54d6fb0df473d90fe886ea630b94e5771baefdfcde9841aefc948"
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 212 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications assistance to schools.

## 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=SB212P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=212)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB212S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=212)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB212ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=212)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018SB 144, SB 212 — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 330 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-12** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 428 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 450 Amendment 212ja
- **2018-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 450 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 437 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 642 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 0. H.J. 668 `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/4c8ecbd7-f12d-4a6b-becf-f34f75cc0533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).