---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the construction and operation of a nursing home facility in Moody County, South Dakota, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the construction and operation of a nursing home facility in Moody County, South Dakota, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "South Dakota SB 160 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Native Americans", "Nursing Homes", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Duba", "Foster", "Gross", "Heinert", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johnson (David)", "Nesiba", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Pourier", "Saba", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Wismer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdcfe823-0a7c-403e-a09e-44f6189ea1d2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=160&Session=2020"
source_hash: "e3f9b82aad0a21142b9071db679668b85210d965256ad8d04d1226fc1adf5e65"
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 160 (2020) — authorize the construction and operation of a nursing home facility in Moody County, South Dakota, 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=SB160P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=160)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB160ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=160)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3. S.J. 323 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** First Reading House H.J. 387
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 491 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 24, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdcfe823-0a7c-403e-a09e-44f6189ea1d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).