---
type: "Bill"
title: "create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof."
description: "create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "South Dakota SB 89 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Legislative Study", "Public Health and Safety", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeGroot", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Heermann", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Larson", "Muckey", "Perry", "Reed", "Uhre-Balk", "Vilhauer", "Walburg", "Wittman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f477b859-2112-4164-bf86-c1c8e561b324"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26703"
source_hash: "85b1731338c86abb92f75296312530c394ec95b31172a826bc038f70f855b014"
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 89 (2026) — create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof.

## 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/26703/294688)
2. **89A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297525.pdf)
3. **89C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/300662.pdf)
4. **89D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304575.pdf)
5. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26703/304735)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26703/301473)
7. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26703/300000)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26703/305934)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 55 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-02** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 7 Amendment 89A `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 Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 184 Amendment 89C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 7 S.J. 184
- **2026-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 238
- **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 Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 89D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 458
- **2026-03-03** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 443
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `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/f477b859-2112-4164-bf86-c1c8e561b324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).