---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the use of telehealth technologies."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the use of telehealth technologies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "South Dakota SB 96 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Public Health and Safety", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806a6fbc-607e-4c55-b978-2ee5e7ae8b21"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21985"
source_hash: "87cda51e13d6002bc9f41db6795c1fe05d709255a84d6e2179a9805917d894d4"
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 96 (2021) — revise certain provisions regarding the use of telehealth technologies.

## 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/21985/212617)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21985/218791)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 95 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-02-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 158 `passage`
- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 195
- **2021-02-08** Referred to H.J. 238 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-18** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 337
- **2021-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 367
- **2021-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 440 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 384 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-03 S.J. 389 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 459 `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/806a6fbc-607e-4c55-b978-2ee5e7ae8b21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).