---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding access critical nursing facilities."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding access critical nursing facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "South Dakota SB 32 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Human Services", "Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84458210-eacc-46aa-9ff7-6dff28848e00"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21963"
source_hash: "8915bcc8df8d49d587c6fdb6aa386d9e264b5c45c22d75d2dd88cdb0bc6f3ce1"
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 32 (2021) — revise certain provisions regarding access critical nursing facilities.

## 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/21963/210025)
2. **32B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/212343.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21963/212653)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21963/216811)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-22** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 32B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0
- **2021-01-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 117
- **2021-01-27** First read in House and referred to H.J. 141 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-04** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 226 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 235 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-18 S.J. 286 `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/84458210-eacc-46aa-9ff7-6dff28848e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).