---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise off-campus tuition rates at institutions governed by the Board of Regents."
description: "revise off-campus tuition rates at institutions governed by the Board of Regents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "South Dakota SB 27 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education", "Hoghouse", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e42c12-1010-4f04-a362-49f67e365e10"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22027"
source_hash: "53c49898065d64d659a577425e7944578f1c33f940904b5ae03d7fbfa514ae4c"
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 27 (2021) — revise off-campus tuition rates at institutions governed by the Board of Regents.

## 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/22027/210012)
2. **27A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218139.pdf)
3. **Senate Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22027/218201)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22027/219935)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-21** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 97
- **2021-01-25** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 108 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 27A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 351 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 439 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 493
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 509
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 465 `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/57e42c12-1010-4f04-a362-49f67e365e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).