---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the disclosure of referral status by Department of Human Services personnel."
description: "authorize the disclosure of referral status by Department of Human Services personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Developmentally Disabled Persons", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Human Services", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0b62ad-2718-4d89-9672-04ae92a2a2ea"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24866"
source_hash: "b2788b105874196e86448e0fa35c43e3fe9d8ea6baea954210d6b0e57bc0a237"
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 46 (2024) — authorize the disclosure of referral status by Department of Human Services personnel.

## 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/24866/258085)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24866/265687)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — 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** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 130 `passage`
- **2024-01-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-13** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 334 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 347 `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 362 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-21 S.J. 373 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `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/6b0b62ad-2718-4d89-9672-04ae92a2a2ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).