---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the provision of medical records and the imposition of related fees."
description: "authorize the provision of medical records and the imposition of related fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "South Dakota SB 181 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Health Care", "Medical Records", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Stevens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3a72a13-7d56-4ca7-ac91-8cdd57649f20"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24222"
source_hash: "9eaea2e52cb799b007b5eda978a9cafa60c704196968ed0f202388e5684e71ef"
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 181 (2023) — authorize the provision of medical records and the imposition of related fees.

## 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/24222/247564)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24222/250821)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 149 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 315 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 417 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/a3a72a13-7d56-4ca7-ac91-8cdd57649f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).