---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency."
description: "allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of School Districts", "Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b08e3fa-e83f-4ece-8e00-010375d8b1d7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21915"
source_hash: "fbebcc25dc3a2ddc39e728e0d1254a78dc6925957bc1e8ab0e633a51459115cf"
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 46 (2021) — allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency.

## 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/21915/210423)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21915/214172)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education — 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`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-01-19** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 83 `passage`
- **2021-01-21** First read in House and referred to H.J. 60 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-25** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 134 `passage`
- **2021-01-28** Signed by the President S.J. 137 `passage`
- **2021-01-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 159 `passage`
- **2021-02-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-01 S.J. 140 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-01** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-01 S.J. 140 `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/8b08e3fa-e83f-4ece-8e00-010375d8b1d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).