---
type: "Bill"
title: "enforce directives regarding contagious disease control."
description: "enforce directives regarding contagious disease control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "South Dakota SB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Confidential Information", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Law Enforcement", "Public Health and Safety", "Sunset Clause", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764c6b9a-1a8b-4e6b-90c9-0a55927e1454"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21872"
source_hash: "1e2c258d45dc2c5546e952fcecded0f411c0aff141a080f0ae48d7683f6d9ff3"
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 3 (2021) — enforce directives regarding contagious disease control.

## 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/21872/209838)
2. **3A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215112.pdf)
3. **3K** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216726.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21872/216999)
5. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21872/215705)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21872/217214)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **49–19** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — 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`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-20** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 13 S.J. 89 `passage`
- **2021-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 109 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 3A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 H.J. 2
- **2021-02-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 218
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 229
- **2021-02-08** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 245 Amendment 3K `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 19 H.J. 245
- **2021-02-10** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 235
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the President S.J. 251 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-16 S.J. 258 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-22** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-22 S.J. 300 `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/764c6b9a-1a8b-4e6b-90c9-0a55927e1454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).