---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit insurance policies from restricting the method of payment for dental care."
description: "prohibit insurance policies from restricting the method of payment for dental care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "South Dakota SB 171 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Miskimins", "Perry", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c6406b-25b0-42c4-9ddf-39b205b7b37b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23141"
source_hash: "28c89c8fe278810f63f2b46e4e8a8d7c89dbef33582ea4cfc7952bb02282b5b6"
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 171 (2022) — prohibit insurance policies from restricting the method of payment for dental care.

## Version chain

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

1. **171C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232784.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 139 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 171C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-02-08** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 234 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 282 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-16** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 368 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 386 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 483 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-28 S.J. 404 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `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/d1c6406b-25b0-42c4-9ddf-39b205b7b37b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).