---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the frequency of background investigations for certain state employees."
description: "increase the frequency of background investigations for certain state employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1040"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1040 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Background Investigation", "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: "2020-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471798e6-86e7-42b0-9752-8d3f276e1e09"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1040&Session=2020"
source_hash: "5831180feada476f773f14daca004046fd532edd9ed2c32ccc5c236c3da76226"
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 1040 (2020) — increase the frequency of background investigations 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=HB1040P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1040)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1040ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1040)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1040, HB 1055, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1040, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1055 — **33–0** (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
- **2020-01-21** Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 36 `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 Local Government S.J. 132 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-10** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-11** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 190 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 275
- **2020-02-13** Signed by the President S.J. 233
- **2020-02-18** Delivered to the Governor on February 18, 2020 H.J. 294 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the Governor on February 24, 2020 H.J. 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471798e6-86e7-42b0-9752-8d3f276e1e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).