---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize employers to acquire and make available opioid antagonists."
description: "authorize employers to acquire and make available opioid antagonists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Labor and Employment", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Duba", "Emery", "Healy", "Kull", "Mulder", "Nelson", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "St. John", "Tobin", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730554df-38be-40a8-b942-c82772b290d8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24030"
source_hash: "75a9e0f4297dd6d8085e84f3a9812584d58d9a1f660a52a643aec6e665ccc9de"
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 1162 (2023) — authorize employers to acquire and make available opioid antagonists.

## 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/24030/246668)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24030/250410)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 158 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 261 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 235 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-24** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 348 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 416 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 H.J. 518 `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/730554df-38be-40a8-b942-c82772b290d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).