---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the Board of Regents to provide an annual presentation to the special committee."
description: "require the Board of Regents to provide an annual presentation to the special committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "South Dakota SB 131 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Higher Education", "State Funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgerald", "Maher", "Odenbach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbb9579e-9df3-4d6c-848e-1e13134372b6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23090"
source_hash: "d7ab3b1b0b3fb17cadeb3f3b96b84a99bab029f4e234385154bc6088430e5c41"
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 131 (2022) — require the Board of Regents to provide an annual presentation to the special committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **131B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234090.pdf)
2. **131C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234563.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 128 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-03** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 199 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-17** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-17** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 131B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
- **2022-02-23** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 338 Amendment 131C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 338
- **2022-02-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 467 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 520 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 543 `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/cbb9579e-9df3-4d6c-848e-1e13134372b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).