---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals."
description: "repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "South Dakota SB 23 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c821a6d-9f0b-4966-bdf3-d18d8908f481"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=23&Session=2020"
source_hash: "750d52b2abf1259ee609322cb6000b978aa41643af2dde8ff61c09ff24974b48"
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 23 (2020) — repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals.

## 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=SB23P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=23)
2. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB23HCO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=23)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB23ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=23)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1059, HB 1091, HB 1105, HB 1120, SB 23, SB 30, HB 1059, HB 1091, HB 1120, SB 30, HB 1105, SB 23 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-23** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 73
- **2020-01-27** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 92 `passage`
- **2020-01-28** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 76 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 23A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 188
- **2020-02-12** Signed by the President S.J. 216
- **2020-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 291
- **2020-02-18** Delivered to the Governor on February 18, 2020 S.J. 237 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-20** Signed by the Governor on February 19, 2020 S.J. 261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c821a6d-9f0b-4966-bdf3-d18d8908f481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).