---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopt the physician assistant licensure compact."
description: "adopt the physician assistant licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1146"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1146 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compacts", "Health Care", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Hulse", "Muckey", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Roby", "Rohl", "Uhre-Balk", "Walburg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9151a72-596f-4624-b29b-8531cc1edd93"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26716"
source_hash: "25ac8127b57102f3c811885bde88ae2b1b9ae97c120a1c8419146a6f6b14e45a"
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 1146 (2026) — adopt the physician assistant licensure compact.

## 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/26716/297725)
2. **1146A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301390.pdf)
3. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26716/302519)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26716/305079)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **56–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 148 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1146A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1
- **2026-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 315
- **2026-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 10 H.J. 334
- **2026-02-18** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 296 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 20 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 20
- **2026-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 373
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 402
- **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/a9151a72-596f-4624-b29b-8531cc1edd93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).