---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide free tuition and fees to visually impaired residents for courses not subsidized by the state general fund."
description: "provide free tuition and fees to visually impaired residents for courses not subsidized by the state general fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Duba", "Foster", "Healy", "Keintz", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Reed", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fad18e1-c9ad-4174-8b81-5aeb5de4a0b5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22106"
source_hash: "c3dd77fc3de7ed17fde15280a66d108f10808d924a3e0ca977b37181ebd1d8f8"
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 1196 (2021) — provide free tuition and fees to visually impaired residents for courses not subsidized by the state general fund.

## 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/22106/215271)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22106/218077)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Keintz — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First read in House and referred to H.J. 177 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-08** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 237 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-18** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 304 `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 354 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 344 `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-25 H.J. 398 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-03** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-03 H.J. 478 `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/0fad18e1-c9ad-4174-8b81-5aeb5de4a0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).