---
type: "Bill"
title: "create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee."
description: "create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmentally Disabled Persons", "Interim Legislative Committee Bill", "Legislative Oversight", "Legislative Study", "Legislature and Statutes", "Sunset Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Heinemann", "Karr", "Larson", "Mulder", "Nelson", "Uhre-Balk", "Voita"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78bafa6c-8953-478f-8199-0293e15d5f1f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26429"
source_hash: "7de3fa683c337b5c36f89dc813eca8ff3f91a194b1e421bf1eebf83c569af9cf"
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 15 (2026) — create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee.

## 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/26429/292090)
2. **15B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/299302.pdf)
3. **15C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305842.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26429/306119)
5. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26429/299999)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26429/306426)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-02** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 7 Amendment 15B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 7
- **2026-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 182
- **2026-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 238
- **2026-02-06** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 247 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-26** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-03-02** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 470
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 486 Amendment 15C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 487
- **2026-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 478
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 505 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 `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/78bafa6c-8953-478f-8199-0293e15d5f1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).