---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt health benefit plans sponsored by nonprofit agricultural organizations from insurance regulation."
description: "exempt health benefit plans sponsored by nonprofit agricultural organizations from insurance regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "South Dakota SB 87 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Insurance", "Nonprofit Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Cammack", "Chase", "Crabtree", "Duvall", "Gosch", "Hansen", "Heinert", "Klumb", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "Milstead", "Mortenson", "Peterson (Kent)", "Tidemann", "Vasgaard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05f2fba-c126-4a25-bcd0-4c28e0b419e7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22143"
source_hash: "4a770fb19579e3d5704c4318010cbaccd65737c4a68c2141c0c58e474d486711"
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 87 (2021) — exempt health benefit plans sponsored by nonprofit agricultural organizations from insurance regulation.

## 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/22143/212299)
2. **87A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215227.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22143/216413)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22143/217250)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Cammack — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Vasgaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 88 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-28** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 141
- **2021-02-03** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 172 Amendment 87A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 15 S.J. 173
- **2021-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 213 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 16 H.J. 278 `passage`
- **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/a05f2fba-c126-4a25-bcd0-4c28e0b419e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).