---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the registration requirement for medical assistants."
description: "repeal the registration requirement for medical assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1004"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1004 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df49aba2-16d3-406d-911c-cabec6be0211"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21892"
source_hash: "83b39997ce5eda64a14ff959d34bfd8004112ac8fb2d079e003f88608f3863e5"
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 HB 1004 (2021) — repeal the registration requirement for medical assistants.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21892/209980)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21892/215797)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 112 `passage`
- **2021-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 102 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2021-02-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 158 `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 186 `passage`
- **2021-02-04** Signed by the President S.J. 187 `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-05 H.J. 225 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-10** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-10 H.J. 260 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df49aba2-16d3-406d-911c-cabec6be0211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).