---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning."
description: "establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "South Dakota SB 118 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agency", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Borglum", "Cwach", "Diedrich", "Healy", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Rusch", "Smith (Jamie)", "Soholt", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "York"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/864df88d-701b-4f60-97ca-08fb32a6b767"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=118&Session=2019"
source_hash: "07cf7192ecb70d93ffcda4dcdbfe66a23a84d7d3030298ddeb9d4915969ede2c"
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 118 (2019) — establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 118jb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd118jb.htm)
2. **Amendment 118wa** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd118wa.htm)
3. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB118HJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=118)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB118P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=118)
5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB118S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=118)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB118ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=118)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 186 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 221 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 248
- **2019-02-05** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 265 Amendment 118ka
- **2019-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 266 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 308 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 118jb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 118wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3. H.J. 658 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 38, NAYS 25. H.J. 697 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 3. S.J. 681
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 685
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 747
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/864df88d-701b-4f60-97ca-08fb32a6b767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).