---
type: "Bill"
title: "update provisions related to the licensure of funeral directors and the provision of funeral services."
description: "update provisions related to the licensure of funeral directors and the provision of funeral services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1015 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351e4ce0-a0c6-4af6-a1e3-e5011b95fde7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23812"
source_hash: "15587475d2191e8a674e02bc4ab4f6a01ce2395b5cfa6bd69a509f0e45cec3fc"
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 1015 (2023) — update provisions related to the licensure of funeral directors and the provision of funeral services.

## 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/23812/242334)
2. **1015A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/245021.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23812/245804)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23812/248140)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **63–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-17** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 3 H.J. 55 `passage`
- **2023-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 68 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 1015A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2023-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 3
- **2023-01-26** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 128
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137
- **2023-02-01** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 5 H.J. 191
- **2023-02-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 215 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 193 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-06 H.J. 230 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-13 H.J. 280 `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/351e4ce0-a0c6-4af6-a1e3-e5011b95fde7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).