---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit collective bargaining by certain employees of the Board of Regents."
description: "prohibit collective bargaining by certain employees of the Board of Regents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "South Dakota SB 147 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Brunner", "Castleberry", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Hansen", "Johnson (David)", "Langer", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Reimer", "Steele", "Wiik"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3eefd8f-ae85-42c3-90c7-4215d17355e5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=147&Session=2020"
source_hash: "ad8cc0327a7bc04dcc55adf6196972cae3db265ea252e94300e8d2780c91f47b"
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 147 (2020) — prohibit collective bargaining by certain employees of the Board of Regents.

## 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=SB147P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=147)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB147ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=147)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **47–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **20–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-24** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14. S.J. 342 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** First Reading House H.J. 409
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 19. H.J. 456 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 421
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor on March 12, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3eefd8f-ae85-42c3-90c7-4215d17355e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).