---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the utilization of telehealth by a health care professional."
description: "provide for the utilization of telehealth by a health care professional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "South Dakota SB 136 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Professions and Occupations", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Curd", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Glanzer", "Heinert", "Hunhoff", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson (David)", "Kennedy", "Lake", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Ring", "Russell", "Schoenfish", "Soholt", "Stalzer", "White", "Wismer", "York"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8d8c5c3-824a-4716-9eaa-1efc94935798"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=136&Session=2019"
source_hash: "cbd5278686588ca55f82454459cc70b353839c8272e40cfadee7223356c94f30"
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 136 (2019) — provide for the utilization of telehealth by a health care professional.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 136bc** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd136bc.htm)
2. **Amendment 136ka** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd136ka.htm)
3. **House Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136HHE.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Health and Human Services&Bill=136)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=136)
5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=136)
6. **Senate Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136SHE.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Health and Human Services&Bill=136)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB136ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=136)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019SB 136, SB 137 — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wismer — 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. 189 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 136ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 223 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-05** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 264
- **2019-02-06** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 285 Amendment 136kb
- **2019-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1. S.J. 285 `passage`
- **2019-02-07** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 329 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-05** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 136bc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 626 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1. H.J. 680 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 1. S.J. 679
- **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/e8d8c5c3-824a-4716-9eaa-1efc94935798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).