---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "South Dakota SB 25 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e16cf01c-7597-40b7-8b5a-106639f4586e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23937"
source_hash: "5335a997f34772a57a9ba1d300f1987b6819023a7ea485f394499af1bcc33810"
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 25 (2023) — make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance 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/23937/242424)
2. **25A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/247077.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23937/249129)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23937/249722)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 25A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-14** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 262
- **2023-02-15** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 307 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 325
- **2023-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 310 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 S.J. 347 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-02 S.J. 402 `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/e16cf01c-7597-40b7-8b5a-106639f4586e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).