---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for physician wellness programs."
description: "provide for physician wellness programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1179 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Health Care", "Liability", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Curd", "Duba", "Hoffman", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c17d2bb-c7e4-4c27-bf38-4c026b506c6a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22344"
source_hash: "9c9b29da09bf697ca569c6575fd675718855aef57ef3143aed03904229632927"
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 1179 (2021) — provide for physician wellness programs.

## 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/22344/214857)
2. **1179A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215780.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22344/217021)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22344/218749)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **55–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First Reading House H.J. 148
- **2021-02-02** Referred to H.J. 178 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1179A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3
- **2021-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 13 H.J. 285
- **2021-02-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 260 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 366 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `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/8c17d2bb-c7e4-4c27-bf38-4c026b506c6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).