---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the partners in education scholarship."
description: "increase thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the partners in education scholarship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "South Dakota SB 84 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Private Education", "Scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Baxter", "Hansen", "Heinemann", "Hughes", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jorgenson", "Lems", "Nelson", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23dbe723-7dc9-4c2f-b8d2-0c5914be8d14"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26424"
source_hash: "ab5b2c06bef765ce8e1f06cadce1b1285d1dd8fe28998ce32278ae49d19cd47b"
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 84 (2026) — increase thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the partners in education scholarship.

## 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/26424/294178)
2. **84A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295179.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26424/296987)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26424/299632)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jorgenson — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 34 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-22** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 96 Amendment 84A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 97
- **2026-01-26** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, 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** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 182
- **2026-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 165 `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 210 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-04 S.J. 177 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-06 S.J. 206 `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/23dbe723-7dc9-4c2f-b8d2-0c5914be8d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).