---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators."
description: "authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1097"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1097 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otten (Ernie)", "Stalzer", "Venhuizen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a842b3-8c6f-4470-a040-a23fd17c36bb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25024"
source_hash: "39609abc96d49aa35694d067b89d0ec0d58f76c2cb209420466329e7bda38658"
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 1097 (2024) — authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators.

## 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/25024/260188)
2. **1097A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260895.pdf)
3. **1097C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/261774.pdf)
4. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25024/262787)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25024/265345)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **5–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **57–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 73 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-23** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1097A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4
- **2024-01-23** Health and Human Services Deferred to another day , Passed,
- **2024-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-25** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1097C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2024-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11 H.J. 200
- **2024-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 221 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-02-07** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 286
- **2024-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 300
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 322 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Signed by the President S.J. 330 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-15 H.J. 340 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-21 H.J. 364 `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/11a842b3-8c6f-4470-a040-a23fd17c36bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).