---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor."
description: "prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1101"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1101 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Organ Donation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Davis", "Emery", "Garcia", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Heermann", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Larson", "Muckey", "Pourier", "Rice", "Roby", "Rohl", "Shorma", "Uhre-Balk", "Vilhauer", "Wipf", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b584b468-5144-4fa8-9412-b7646dcaccc2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26639"
source_hash: "d4322a47d956821f2f1ed7e95a7f4eece18b4d783a3e090faa900c280470df57"
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 1101 (2026) — prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor.

## 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/26639/295750)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26639/305054)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 104 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-26** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 8 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 155 `passage`
- **2026-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 131 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 14
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 399 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `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/b584b468-5144-4fa8-9412-b7646dcaccc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).