---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the increase of higher education enrolled members of the nine federally recognized tribes in South Dakota at regental institutions."
description: "provide for the increase of higher education enrolled members of the nine federally recognized tribes in South Dakota at regental institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "South Dakota SB 140 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Regents", "Education", "Indian Tribes", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heinert", "Kennedy", "Saba"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/998c2f14-eabf-4eac-bed8-163d97a7ea2b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=140&Session=2019"
source_hash: "008c76c695f9d7b6beafafa0c06ea7c39e308a1599f035386c4ae9ebfbdfaf1d"
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 140 (2019) — provide for the increase of higher education enrolled members of the nine federally recognized tribes in South Dakota at regental institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=140)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=140)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=140)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **30–35** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **52–12** (pass) · lower
- Reconsidered - 2019 — **40–25** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 190 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-07** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 299 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 320
- **2019-02-11** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 335 `passage`
- **2019-02-12** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 371 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 3. H.J. 566 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 591
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 612
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 633
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 30, NAYS 35. H.J. 667 `failure`
- **2019-03-06** Intent to reconsider H.J. 667
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Reconsidered, Passed, YEAS 40, NAYS 25. H.J. 669
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 669 Amendment 140kb
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 669 Amendment 140xa
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 12. H.J. 670 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 677
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 681
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 713
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 S.J. 688 `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/998c2f14-eabf-4eac-bed8-163d97a7ea2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).