---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to fund certain health care innovation grants, to require certain reports, expedite the nursing home rate methodology review, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to fund certain health care innovation grants, to require certain reports, expedite the nursing home rate methodology review, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "South Dakota SB 173 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Health Care", "Public Fiscal Administration", "Public Welfare and Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ab9355b-8394-42e0-a86c-895b42cf5174"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=173&Session=2019"
source_hash: "f1bf2e5197db830e0784b699c0feb48bb4758e5bc7070d8a20015e36df201aa4"
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 173 (2019) — make an appropriation to fund certain health care innovation grants, to require certain reports, expedite the nursing home rate methodology review, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 173zb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd173zb.htm)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB173JAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=173)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB173P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=173)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB173ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=173)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 230 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 173zb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Joint Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed S.J. 534 Amendment 173ztb
- **2019-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 554 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 603 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 2. H.J. 640 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 637
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 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/2ab9355b-8394-42e0-a86c-895b42cf5174`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).