---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the number of qualified directors of a corporation needed to take certain actions."
description: "revise the number of qualified directors of a corporation needed to take certain actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1202"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1202 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5733d252-102f-4853-ace3-173f6a47ee37"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1202&Session=2019"
source_hash: "89d7ef601fad5d0a383e8a1b34ed707fc9dbbb7842f96020db19ccd7194cfeda"
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 1202 (2019) — revise the number of qualified directors of a corporation needed to take certain actions.

## 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=HB1202P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1202)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1202ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1202)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1032, HB 1202, HB 1193 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 253 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-13** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 387 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 416 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 402 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 547 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-04** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 596 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 647
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 637
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2019 H.J. 674 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 18, 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/5733d252-102f-4853-ace3-173f6a47ee37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).