---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the denial of benefits based solely on a controlled substance felony."
description: "prohibit the denial of benefits based solely on a controlled substance felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "South Dakota SB 96 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Promulgation of Rules", "Public Welfare and Assistance", "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Duba", "Healy", "Kennedy", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Ring", "Saba", "Smith (Jamie)", "Sullivan", "Wismer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88e48522-1a71-4888-98b3-3eb3db18dc7a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=96&Session=2020"
source_hash: "115e5aae284d14b4ad7df135b27b9bae5182bfeba19aa420607b8d12a6f43484"
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 96 (2020) — prohibit the denial of benefits based solely on a controlled substance felony.

## 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=SB96P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=96)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB96ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=96)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **49–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 108 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Fiscal Note Requested, Passed S.J. 257
- **2020-02-26** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 357 `passage`
- **2020-02-27** First Reading House H.J. 421
- **2020-03-02** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 442 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 17. H.J. 523 `passage`
- **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 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/88e48522-1a71-4888-98b3-3eb3db18dc7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).