---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts for community services providers."
description: "prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts for community services providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "South Dakota SB 153 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community-Based Providers", "Contracts", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove", "Manhart", "Nelson", "Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da136894-e735-475f-b470-28d345a790c8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27070"
source_hash: "bd4c51488ceac09db58738639a4478af92cf622d9a0ef3296ccad6756a2e0505"
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 153 (2026) — prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts for community services providers.

## 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/27070/298912)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27070/305033)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 139 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-04** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 200 `passage`
- **2026-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 247
- **2026-02-09** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 262 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0 H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 478 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 441 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `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/da136894-e735-475f-b470-28d345a790c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).