---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the attorney recruitment assistance program."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the attorney recruitment assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1046 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Professions and Occupations", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea862adf-8d69-4905-b23d-10b92767289a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1046&Session=2019"
source_hash: "80859698e7a0ef946f8f0d95c5bbd3ff642275faf8865462c179b9a15626e6dc"
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 1046 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding the attorney recruitment assistance program.

## 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=HB1046P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1046)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1046ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1046)

## Votes

- Referred to - 2019 — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **45–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **3–3** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 51 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-23** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. H.J. 156 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 23. H.J. 174 `passage`
- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 191 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-31** Judiciary Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 3, NAYS 3. `committee-failure`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1. S.J. 273 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 546 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-04** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 595
- **2019-03-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7. S.J. 609 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 670
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 H.J. 706 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2019 H.J. 760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea862adf-8d69-4905-b23d-10b92767289a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).