---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for criminal background checks for certain applicants and employees of the Department of Public Safety."
description: "provide for criminal background checks for certain applicants and employees of the Department of Public Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1002 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Background Checks", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-02-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a713d57-8fba-4b94-a888-245a13443672"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1002&Session=2019"
source_hash: "ea148228df2b0b794c7f98574a7237f5b41b5462c982d1f4d8c73163949c8441"
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 1002 (2019) — provide for criminal background checks for certain applicants and employees of the Department of Public Safety.

## 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=HB1002P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1002)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1002ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1002)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on consent - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-14** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 44 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-14** Placed on consent, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0.
- **2019-01-15** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 69 `passage`
- **2019-01-16** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 106 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-22** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 134 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 158
- **2019-01-24** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 173 `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 212
- **2019-01-28** Signed by the President S.J. 203
- **2019-01-29** Delivered to the Governor on January 29, 2019 H.J. 230 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-05** Signed by the Governor on January 31, 2019 H.J. 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a713d57-8fba-4b94-a888-245a13443672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).