---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health Insurance", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bolin", "Gosch", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Lake", "Peterson (Kent)", "Rusch", "Smith (VJ)", "Solano", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae8eb056-54be-43b3-bbc3-3317387d6e9d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1137&Session=2019"
source_hash: "b033846495341798742462b2e660dfdde3608b4f30c1abee68ff4dcf73a6b4ef"
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 HB 1137 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 1137cb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1137cb.htm)
2. **House Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1137HHE.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Health and Human Services&Bill=1137)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1137P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1137)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1137ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1137)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019HB 1071, HB 1137 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 199 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-07** Health and Human Services Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 1137kb
- **2019-02-07** Health and Human Services Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1137cb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 318 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 361 `passage`
- **2019-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-22** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 466 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 501 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 558
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on March 04, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 7, 2019 H.J. 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae8eb056-54be-43b3-bbc3-3317387d6e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).