---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish a community paramedic endorsement."
description: "establish a community paramedic endorsement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1059 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Fees", "Health Care", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Davis", "Duba", "Emery", "Healy", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Larson", "Lesmeister", "Moore", "Nelson", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pourier", "Reimer", "Schaefbauer", "St. John", "Wittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72cf887e-7921-40b7-9b84-a68a3944679c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23897"
source_hash: "6795599eb5d0bd8b40e1429c6c93031141a0dbb5893aed139e6828f75d150960"
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 1059 (2023) — establish a community paramedic endorsement.

## 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/23897/243197)
2. **1059B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/246012.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23897/249798)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23897/250997)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 28 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1059B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 348
- **2023-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 412
- **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. 544 `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/72cf887e-7921-40b7-9b84-a68a3944679c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).