---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain innovative insurance products and services through insurance innovation waivers."
description: "authorize certain innovative insurance products and services through insurance innovation waivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "South Dakota SB 55 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e38ad7a8-d91c-405d-8271-de553623b7df"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21922"
source_hash: "cd927fdaecbe05f06cc7822e91f0441de52fba606db03886d7819ee72c94bd7c"
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 55 (2021) — authorize certain innovative insurance products and services through insurance innovation waivers.

## 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/21922/210657)
2. **55A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/213358.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21922/215708)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21922/218574)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 4 Amendment 55A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 5
- **2021-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 185
- **2021-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 226
- **2021-02-10** Referred to H.J. 279 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 400 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 369 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-02 S.J. 375 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 458 `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/e38ad7a8-d91c-405d-8271-de553623b7df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).