---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding comity licensure in the technical professions."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding comity licensure in the technical professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "South Dakota SB 12 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/240de23e-a6a7-4c5a-a831-18df3823a898"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=12&Session=2020"
source_hash: "137c2e154245757e870f8f7b27fa6fe6e97403c6e7f8ab69d2869202e15fa325"
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 12 (2020) — revise certain provisions regarding comity licensure in the technical professions.

## 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=SB12P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=12)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB12ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=12)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1106, SB 10, SB 12, SB 13, HB 1106, SB 10, SB 12, SB 13 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020SB 8, SB 10, SB 11, SB 12, SB 44, SB 8, SB 10, SB 11, SB 12, SB 44 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
- **2020-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 63 `passage`
- **2020-01-23** First Reading House H.J. 50
- **2020-01-24** Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 213 `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Signed by the President S.J. 169
- **2020-02-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 249
- **2020-02-13** Delivered to the Governor on February 13, 2020 S.J. 227 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-20** Signed by the Governor on February 19, 2020 S.J. 261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/240de23e-a6a7-4c5a-a831-18df3823a898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).