---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding association health plans."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding association health plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "South Dakota SB 37 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4348fd-b5a9-4b9c-be29-9d67d9905523"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=37&Session=2019"
source_hash: "98f326f5c9efbfc0ae2980f31dc2d6483fdf370ec194ecf4d5ba78f52aef5944"
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 37 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding association health plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 37cb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd37cb.htm)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB37P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=37)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB37SCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Commerce and Energy&Bill=37)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB37ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=37)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 28 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 37cb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 119 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 158
- **2019-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 172 `passage`
- **2019-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 207 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 306 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 334 `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 320
- **2019-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 363
- **2019-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on February 12, 2019 S.J. 343 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Signed by the Governor on Febrary 14, 2019 S.J. 396 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4348fd-b5a9-4b9c-be29-9d67d9905523`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).