---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program."
description: "remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "South Dakota SB 175 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Insurance", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a184a0e9-a8fa-4574-9d0b-188b32443572"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22268"
source_hash: "275fd2456fb833f57906125c082b8c00ed071456822ea6561e42cc86abf28acb"
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 175 (2021) — remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program.

## 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/22268/215715)
2. **175A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217101.pdf)
3. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22268/217332)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22268/219778)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **60–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 175A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-17** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 277
- **2021-02-18** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 297
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 5 S.J. 305
- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 9 H.J. 498
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `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/a184a0e9-a8fa-4574-9d0b-188b32443572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).