---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow eligible members of the South Dakota National Guard attending an in-state private, nonprofit post-secondary institution to receive the state tuition benefit."
description: "allow eligible members of the South Dakota National Guard attending an in-state private, nonprofit post-secondary institution to receive the state tuition benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "South Dakota SB 29 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education", "Military Affairs", "National Guard", "Promulgation of Rules", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7266e761-c58d-4dc1-9c72-234ea153414f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24961"
source_hash: "c9db38ec4d4cb9c7ad346d838688e85dce8105ea2d6125c7e31c4b222d0a80f1"
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 29 (2024) — allow eligible members of the South Dakota National Guard attending an in-state private, nonprofit post-secondary institution to receive the state tuition benefit.

## 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/24961/257770)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24961/266916)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 84 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-07** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 297 `passage`
- **2024-02-13** First read in House and referred to H.J. 319 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-27** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 426 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 480 `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/7266e761-c58d-4dc1-9c72-234ea153414f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).