---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish criteria for a regional nursing facility designation."
description: "establish criteria for a regional nursing facility designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "South Dakota SB 167 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Appropriation", "Nursing Homes", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Breitling", "Duba", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Healy", "Hunhoff", "Maher", "Nesiba", "Reed", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Tobin", "Wiik"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e73008fc-9c77-42db-8fb7-1cd5ca6adbab"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22264"
source_hash: "bee3490a78e6a6fadf8c982acf23086b607e0d8dc822125905d6632efc6fa723"
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 SB 167 (2021) — establish criteria for a regional nursing facility designation.

## 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/22264/215274)
2. **167B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218537.pdf)
3. **167D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219912.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22264/220033)
5. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22264/218907)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22264/220100)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Breitling — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 157 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 167B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 398
- **2021-03-04** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 494 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 519 Amendment 167D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 520
- **2021-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 461
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 476 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/e73008fc-9c77-42db-8fb7-1cd5ca6adbab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).