---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions pertaining to the South Dakota School for the Deaf."
description: "revise provisions pertaining to the South Dakota School for the Deaf."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "South Dakota SB 37 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e15511-96c6-4cba-a2dc-585e376bedd9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23929"
source_hash: "4d006f3c58a1be451f523e76cc3ba6790fe8201f8c93f1dc032ade6f14e0ebd0"
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 37 (2023) — revise provisions pertaining to the South Dakota School 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/23929/242506)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23929/248728)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-26** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 238 `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/55e15511-96c6-4cba-a2dc-585e376bedd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).