---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the rule-making authority of the Human Resources Commissioner regarding the drug screening program for certain state employees."
description: "revise the rule-making authority of the Human Resources Commissioner regarding the drug screening program for certain state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1039 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Promulgation of Rules", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f153dbc7-0712-4ac2-916c-d543528f567b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1039&Session=2020"
source_hash: "ef0326b7ebbf4a85b70e68ca953ae4690007e39d7482cb370b34ed3da29064e0"
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 1039 (2020) — revise the rule-making authority of the Human Resources Commissioner regarding the drug screening program for certain state employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1039P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1039)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1039ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1039)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1039, HB 1074, SB 81, HB 1039, HB 1074, SB 81 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1039, HB 1040, HB 1039, HB 1040 — **66–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-17** Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 29 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-29** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 1. H.J. 105 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 132 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-13** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-18** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 239 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 323
- **2020-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 297
- **2020-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on February 21, 2020 H.J. 347 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-27** Signed by the Governor on February 26, 2020 H.J. 418 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f153dbc7-0712-4ac2-916c-d543528f567b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).