---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions."
description: "expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "South Dakota SB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Teachers", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Chase", "Davis", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Johnson", "Massie", "Moore", "Olson", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Tobin", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbcf15a3-1f83-4a38-8214-0b9fea010468"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23698"
source_hash: "f18a2101e53804a589373a5996bbf1af2ac262f19280dab2f5ff8efec3bb3c29"
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 118 (2023) — expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions.

## 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/23698/246173)
2. **118A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249287.pdf)
3. **118B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249774.pdf)
4. **118C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249819.pdf)
5. **118F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/251072.pdf)
6. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23698/251094)
7. **Senate Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23698/249817)
8. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23698/249973)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23698/251241)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **46–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 113 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 225 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 291 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 118A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 118B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2023-02-22** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 321 Amendment 118C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 15 S.J. 321
- **2023-02-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 360 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 476 Amendment 118F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 21 H.J. 476
- **2023-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 13 S.J. 451
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 517 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 467 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 495 `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/fbcf15a3-1f83-4a38-8214-0b9fea010468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).