---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision regarding eligibility for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship."
description: "revise a provision regarding eligibility for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "South Dakota SB 167 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bolin", "Bordeaux", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Koth", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Steele", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299d3869-8678-40eb-80a6-afee4b65d5bc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=167&Session=2020"
source_hash: "4ff33674ec433bfb6afb14103cbeac161cd67c9163036fb9b1d5ffacfc8ea0f7"
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 167 (2020) — revise a provision regarding eligibility for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship.

## 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=SB167P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=167)
2. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167HED.html&Session=2020&Version=House Education&Bill=167)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=167)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=167)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- - 2020SB 56, SB 60, SB 61, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167, SB 61, SB 56, SB 60, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167 — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading Senate S.J. 164
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Senate Education S.J. 168 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-19** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 256
- **2020-02-20** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 292
- **2020-02-21** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 307 Amendment 167A
- **2020-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 309 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** First Reading House H.J. 360
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Education H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1. H.J. 469 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 451
- **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 23, 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/299d3869-8678-40eb-80a6-afee4b65d5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).