---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand certification options for interpreters for the deaf."
description: "expand certification options for interpreters for the deaf."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "South Dakota SB 10 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c931c3f0-11f8-4adc-9e2c-3908077c8f97"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23826"
source_hash: "d34a5ac2919a27d6bd5675e6757b4bb0cc1a507b55dfb4a08a9d8b6695beb2ed"
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 SB 10 (2023) — expand certification options for interpreters for the deaf.

## 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/23826/241988)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23826/248583)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-20** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 91 `passage`
- **2023-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1 H.J. 224 `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the President S.J. 254 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 298 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-15 S.J. 273 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-24 S.J. 336 `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/c931c3f0-11f8-4adc-9e2c-3908077c8f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).