---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to reimburse certain health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for certain health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to reimburse certain health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for certain health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1021"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1021 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/715834e9-7551-4f7a-9b64-913a394fc2d8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21978"
source_hash: "3b5125594859f123f1952d395b407e148b815655cc7bd934d2ec50b2a8f78e3f"
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 1021 (2021) — make an appropriation to reimburse certain health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for certain health care recruitment assistance programs 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/Session/Bill/21978/210219)
2. **1021A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/212013.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21978/212333)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21978/219407)

## Votes

- Referred as Amended to — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First Reading House H.J. 10
- **2021-01-15** Referred to H.J. 34 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-21** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1021A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Health and Human Services Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 286 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 260 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 402
- **2021-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 502 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `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/715834e9-7551-4f7a-9b64-913a394fc2d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).