---
type: "Bill"
title: "require criminal background investigations for certain vital records employees."
description: "require criminal background investigations for certain vital records employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1013 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Background Checks", "Employee", "Employer", "Public Health and Safety", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-02-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91dbc52-4937-401d-9e00-dae5abc17ef1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1013&Session=2019"
source_hash: "6fdde14518294d7a49277ff5bee042de3def559664e2d8ca16bbcc601fd926bd"
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 1013 (2019) — require criminal background investigations for certain vital records employees.

## 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=HB1013P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1013)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1013ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1013)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1012, HB 1013, HB 1032, HB 1036 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1013, HB 1036, SB 78 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 19 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-17** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 137 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 148 `passage`
- **2019-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 157 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 197 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-29** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 216 `passage`
- **2019-01-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 273
- **2019-01-31** Signed by the President S.J. 256
- **2019-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on February 05, 2019 H.J. 288 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-08** Signed by the Governor on February 8, 2019 H.J. 336 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91dbc52-4937-401d-9e00-dae5abc17ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).