---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the dollar amount of South Dakota opportunity scholarships."
description: "increase the dollar amount of South Dakota opportunity scholarships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1055"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1055 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Bahmuller", "Bartels", "Blare", "Bolin", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Duffy", "Duhamel", "Healy", "Hoffman", "Kassin", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Koth", "Kull", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Sauder", "Shorma", "St. John", "Stevens", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8584ae1b-39e8-494b-9946-47f1d96f4647"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23814"
source_hash: "76f090d9158b41f8ef4750a3228e5711539c6603b4ddcfdc411ae85f25bb8740"
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 1055 (2023) — increase the dollar amount of South Dakota opportunity scholarships.

## 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/23814/243045)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23814/250873)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **62–8** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First read in House and referred to H.J. 23 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-18** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 8 H.J. 316 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 302 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-28** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/8584ae1b-39e8-494b-9946-47f1d96f4647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).