---
type: "Bill"
title: "grant authority to the secretary of education to waive accountability requirements in certain situations."
description: "grant authority to the secretary of education to waive accountability requirements in certain situations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1083"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1083 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Education", "Emergency Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b34b01f-f4e9-4922-8f78-60fd6283a5d5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22111"
source_hash: "a1e6cf2245c589a7ae1f812d1fc7b58728080d960b06abcf32e78c9101bcde5a"
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 1083 (2021) — grant authority to the secretary of education to waive accountability requirements in certain situations.

## 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/22111/212889)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22111/216796)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-27** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2 H.J. 158 `passage`
- **2021-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-04** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 4 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 4
- **2021-02-05** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 201 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 247 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the President S.J. 229 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 H.J. 270 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-16 H.J. 293 `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/7b34b01f-f4e9-4922-8f78-60fd6283a5d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).