---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation."
description: "establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "South Dakota SB 63 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code Commission", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Labor and Employment", "Trigger Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30fe6b34-44a8-4421-b272-7e64627a2adc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26689"
source_hash: "11a81fd71948c3a3d372e94a779a6fbb569bb8faa6461f8e12cf4565aeec51b5"
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 63 (2026) — establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation.

## 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/26689/293029)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26689/303634)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-22** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 95 `passage`
- **2026-01-26** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-04** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 240
- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Note Requested , Passed, H.J. 250
- **2026-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 23 H.J. 340 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 298 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 362 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-19 S.J. 308 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 392 `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/30fe6b34-44a8-4421-b272-7e64627a2adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).