---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "South Dakota SB 44 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/808d89a7-488d-45dd-8e79-2cd6eb31948f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24807"
source_hash: "cec12d27b30eff4b5a277a21299dd0c48822e3bf111345fd5a3fb204ddaa190f"
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 44 (2024) — make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for health care recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.

## 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/24807/258083)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24807/264675)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senate 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. 19 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-01-30** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 J.J. 7 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 2 S.J. 238 `passage`
- **2024-02-02** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 238 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 252 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 271 `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 284 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-08 S.J. 285 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-15 S.J. 332 `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/808d89a7-488d-45dd-8e79-2cd6eb31948f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).