---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal provisions regarding the South Dakota Veterans Commission."
description: "repeal provisions regarding the South Dakota Veterans Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "South Dakota SB 156 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Promulgation of Rules", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Borglum", "Deutsch", "Johnson (David)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Stalzer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb02a5b3-5eb7-49af-9283-4353cfa6b6cc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=156&Session=2020"
source_hash: "8ead1dda547be0a57b95e846e0fc53e25146facc953ae755243fc0aa8ff33bf3"
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 156 (2020) — repeal provisions regarding the South Dakota Veterans Commission.

## 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=SB156P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=156)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB156ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=156)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 141 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-24** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 360 `passage`
- **2020-02-27** First read in House and referred to House Military and Veterans Affairs H.J. 422 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 521 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 475
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb02a5b3-5eb7-49af-9283-4353cfa6b6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).