---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide grants to support mental health and suicide prevention programs, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide grants to support mental health and suicide prevention programs, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1079 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Grants", "Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Bordeaux", "Davis", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duba", "Emery", "Healy", "Heermann", "Johnson", "Kassin", "Kull", "Larson", "Lesmeister", "Moore", "Mulder", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pourier", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reisch", "Rohl", "St. John", "Tordsen", "Wittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ae1d0f-f917-4348-b5db-c520f73e3381"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24053"
source_hash: "231c1d79163b21ed49c261ac28d8529c57fa34a954fb401f65742ea5b125b576"
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 1079 (2023) — make an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide grants to support mental health and suicide prevention programs, and to declare an emergency.

## 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/24053/243807)
2. **1079A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250055.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24053/250128)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24053/250852)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **14–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 44 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1079A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 4
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 13 H.J. 391
- **2023-02-28** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 368 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 6 S.J. 394
- **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. 547 `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/f4ae1d0f-f917-4348-b5db-c520f73e3381`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).