---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions authorizing state employees to opt-out of the state employee health plan and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise provisions authorizing state employees to opt-out of the state employee health plan and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1041 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Insurance", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39eb812f-3148-4d2e-ae12-178ca28eb8b6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1041&Session=2020"
source_hash: "91d3bc369f2d71c076ca5a02ebb337746856102e2eabf360dbf68ec5fd2c4183"
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 1041 (2020) — revise provisions authorizing state employees to opt-out of the state employee health plan and to declare an emergency.

## 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=HB1041P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1041)
2. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1041HCO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=1041)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1041ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1041)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1041B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 120 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 142 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-20** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 311 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 370
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 344
- **2020-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2020 H.J. 396 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the Governor on March 02, 2020 H.J. 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39eb812f-3148-4d2e-ae12-178ca28eb8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).