---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify requirements for ambulance operators."
description: "modify requirements for ambulance operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1024 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Interim Legislative Committee Bill", "Motor Vehicles", "Professions and Occupations", "Public Health and Safety", "Traffic Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Garcia", "Grove", "Hunt", "Kull", "Reed", "Voight", "Walburg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e6575d5-b52f-4592-b7f4-24cebba3399d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26430"
source_hash: "523536f26dca3113c5ae6b05f20b0dc8d65b634b34dbf3f360f7bca7ce3c4c17"
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 HB 1024 (2026) — modify requirements for ambulance operators.

## 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/26430/292104)
2. **1024A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/293904.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26430/295414)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26430/299633)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-01-20** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1024A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2026-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 115
- **2026-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 92 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 5
- **2026-01-29** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 144
- **2026-02-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 199 `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 171 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-04 H.J. 214 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-09 H.J. 254 `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/9e6575d5-b52f-4592-b7f4-24cebba3399d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).