---
type: "Bill"
title: "update certain provisions related to the licensure of optometrists."
description: "update certain provisions related to the licensure of optometrists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1028 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Appointments", "Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Licensure", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a61b5c-3b55-4901-8c25-949045afac03"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22897"
source_hash: "3502e7c001d89118f12c1e47af358a3f107eb9c2236700a40222b042bf72aebd"
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 1028 (2022) — update certain provisions related to the licensure of optometrists.

## Version chain

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

1. **1028A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/228166.pdf)
2. **1028D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/230877.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First Reading House H.J. 7
- **2022-01-12** Referred to H.J. 21 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-20** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 Amendment 1028A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1
- **2022-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-01-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 105 `passage`
- **2022-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 104 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-27** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1028D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2022-01-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 152 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 194
- **2022-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 214 `passage`
- **2022-02-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-09 H.J. 242 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-15 H.J. 290 `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/f1a61b5c-3b55-4901-8c25-949045afac03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).