---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the distribution of informational materials regarding palliative care."
description: "provide for the distribution of informational materials regarding palliative care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "South Dakota SB 147 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Breitling", "Davis", "Duba", "Hunhoff", "Rehfeldt", "Tobin", "Wheeler", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e5ad47d-31d6-44c9-9cc7-af013bfc5147"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24998"
source_hash: "99b76e272efbe5acd9dbb032699e624e142a35dc5d9c4a28c8370884797ba070"
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 147 (2024) — provide for the distribution of informational materials regarding palliative care.

## 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/24998/262156)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24998/266421)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Breitling — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 166 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-29** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 203 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 216 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-22** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 6 H.J. 387 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 417 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-28 S.J. 440 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 `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/9e5ad47d-31d6-44c9-9cc7-af013bfc5147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).