---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for grants to assisted living centers and nursing facilities for costs related to telemedicine."
description: "make an appropriation for grants to assisted living centers and nursing facilities for costs related to telemedicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "South Dakota SB 209 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Grants", "Health Care", "Nursing Homes", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Heermann", "Rehfeldt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7431956-7e6b-47e2-958c-22194acec6d7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25276"
source_hash: "3e1f6b017ebe45281d248e72504ddac9c11358bf439b13239a61fd8fbab1c4b3"
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 209 (2024) — make an appropriation for grants to assisted living centers and nursing facilities for costs related to telemedicine.

## 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/25276/264010)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25276/267148)

## Votes

- Referred to — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 219 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-07** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 J.J. 22 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 409
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 428 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 425 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 446
- **2024-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 11 H.J. 458 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 481 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 480 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-06 S.J. 490 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/e7431956-7e6b-47e2-958c-22194acec6d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).