---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that assisted living facilities create and post visitation policies."
description: "require that assisted living facilities create and post visitation policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1139 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Health Care", "Hoghouse", "Nursing Homes", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Frye-Mueller", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Marty", "Perry", "Symens", "Tobin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89299c3d-cd8c-4d30-905c-ad2d717dd499"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22216"
source_hash: "bf0c42d7c2f006761c7420dc8f5d7e57cefbbea1c60ab567675ce084b16d5f05"
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 1139 (2021) — require that assisted living facilities create and post visitation policies.

## 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/22216/214632)
2. **1139D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217695.pdf)
3. **1139G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218591.pdf)
4. **1139I** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218998.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22216/218613)
6. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22216/218296)
7. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22216/219456)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22216/220087)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **64–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **41–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First Reading House H.J. 148
- **2021-02-01** Referred to H.J. 166 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1139D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 413 Amendment 1139G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 27 H.J. 414
- **2021-03-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 365 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-03** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 1139I `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 4 H.J. 533
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 H.J. 554 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 478 `passage`
- **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/89299c3d-cd8c-4d30-905c-ad2d717dd499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).