---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopt the interstate counseling licensure compact and revise educational requirements to comply with the compact."
description: "adopt the interstate counseling licensure compact and revise educational requirements to comply with the compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1012 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compacts", "Health Care", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations", "Therapists and Counselors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rehfeldt", "Tobin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ca414d-0d88-4d77-b281-042266b52ab8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24474"
source_hash: "2704f7f96f1c502edc45e26cfaaa2f16ca169c1ae5a2d0ea4f03f1fd365bec2f"
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 HB 1012 (2024) — adopt the interstate counseling licensure compact and revise educational requirements to comply with the compact.

## 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/24474/257349)
2. **1012B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/259185.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24474/259877)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24474/263714)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **52–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **29–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-16** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1012B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4
- **2024-01-18** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 16 H.J. 85
- **2024-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-29** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 2 S.J. 206
- **2024-02-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 231 `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 251 `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-05 H.J. 244 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-13 H.J. 314 `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/04ca414d-0d88-4d77-b281-042266b52ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).