---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "South Dakota SB 18 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees", "Fund", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules", "Therapists and Counselors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34568ba7-d9a6-4dff-875f-aa56d93c195c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=18&Session=2020"
source_hash: "094239b92d38842c9cef4d70e7bdddb2fcec9cd29cea307c0a3d8a517488455d"
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 18 (2020) — revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors.

## 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=SB18P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=18)
2. **House Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB18HHE.html&Session=2020&Version=House Health and Human Services&Bill=18)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB18SHE.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Health and Human Services&Bill=18)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB18ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=18)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **54–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-07** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 18B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 188
- **2020-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 208 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** First Reading House H.J. 279
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 410 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 18F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12. H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 478
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 26, 2020 S.J. 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34568ba7-d9a6-4dff-875f-aa56d93c195c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).