---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray."
description: "permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "South Dakota SB 8 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Liability", "Public Health and Safety", "Schools", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbe424e-6180-46fa-889e-cb8dbb477d01"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26666"
source_hash: "dfcc2063d97dfb9786c4a7a62632bbc735627fca3bd69be03cc11960f0aeba15"
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 8 (2026) — permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray.

## 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/26666/291300)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26666/300247)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **61–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-15** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-01-16** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 60
- **2026-01-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 68 `passage`
- **2026-01-21** First Reading House H.J. 105
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Education H.J. 114 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-01-29** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 182
- **2026-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4 H.J. 198 `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 171 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 229 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-05 S.J. 197 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-12 S.J. 256 `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/8cbe424e-6180-46fa-889e-cb8dbb477d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).