---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1295"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1295 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Health and Safety", "Sunset Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenfield (Brock)", "Heinert", "Langer", "Qualm", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-03-30"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28b320c-5d72-4398-8b0d-280c989684fb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1295&Session=2020"
source_hash: "3cdc56ba6d87cd51f114ee248a8932bf120bcf04cf40dae71d2d06a22c3afc65"
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 HB 1295 (2020) — revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1295P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1295)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1295H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=1295)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1295S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=1295)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1295ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1295)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **46–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **44–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **41–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-30** First Reading House H.J. 633
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 44, NAYS 23. H.J. 635 `failure`
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 26. H.J. 636 Amendment 1295B
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 21. H.J. 637 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** Senate Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 569 Amendment 1295D
- **2020-03-30** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1. S.J. 569 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the President S.J. 573
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12. H.J. 655
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 659
- **2020-03-30** Delivered to the Governor on March 31, 2020 H.J. 660 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-31** Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f28b320c-5d72-4398-8b0d-280c989684fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).