---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize additional nursing facility beds for the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home."
description: "authorize additional nursing facility beds for the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "South Dakota SB 155 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety", "Public Welfare and Assistance", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stalzer", "Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc03002-6dd7-44a6-9d9f-5d7ab8ff01bd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=155&Session=2019"
source_hash: "f1e93a23d639db5deed408ce0823dda2a30d9b08dbe2d498ffec2e00d932c757"
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 155 (2019) — authorize additional nursing facility beds for the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home.

## 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=SB155P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=155)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB155ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=155)

## Votes

- Concurred in Resolution as Amended - 2019HCR 1001, HB 1043, SB 113, SB 155, HB 1044, HB 1075, SB 91 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019SB 155, SB 68 — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 226 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-07** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 300 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-08** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 0. S.J. 319 `passage`
- **2019-02-11** First read in House and referred to House Military and Veterans Affairs H.J. 355 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 583 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 587
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 0. H.J. 604 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 618
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 670
- **2019-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2019 S.J. 642 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 18, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc03002-6dd7-44a6-9d9f-5d7ab8ff01bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).