---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the formation of corporations and limited liability companies by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists."
description: "authorize the formation of corporations and limited liability companies by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1229 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Limited Liability Companies", "Professions and Occupations", "Therapists and Counselors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "May", "Perry", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reimer", "Stalzer", "Tobin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf96c3dd-b4e0-490f-922c-0267eeeba08a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23393"
source_hash: "3717e1b20cf4a22014e587c22aa2438e99290984c60aa3156001a998c10d9edf"
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 HB 1229 (2022) — authorize the formation of corporations and limited liability companies by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1229C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233061.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading House H.J. 139
- **2022-01-31** Referred to H.J. 156 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1229C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1
- **2022-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-02-15** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 275 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-03** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 465 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 635 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 662 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 688 `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/bf96c3dd-b4e0-490f-922c-0267eeeba08a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).