---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding reemployment assistance benefits in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding reemployment assistance benefits in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "South Dakota SB 187 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Sunset Clause", "Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenfield (Brock)", "Heinert", "Langer", "Qualm", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-30"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e86e4e5-91cb-4da1-9d50-7067069e5d2a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=187&Session=2020"
source_hash: "e8374eb0e3ad1016a3edf0f5d407216183b1663791693098eb58195264616301"
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 187 (2020) — revise certain provisions regarding reemployment assistance benefits in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 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=SB187P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=187)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB187ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=187)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-30** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 561 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 646 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 648 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the President S.J. 573
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 660
- **2020-03-30** Delivered to the Governor on March 31, 2020 S.J. 575 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-31** Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e86e4e5-91cb-4da1-9d50-7067069e5d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).