---
type: "Bill"
title: "create a critical care endorsement for emergency medical technician-paramedics."
description: "create a critical care endorsement for emergency medical technician-paramedics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1285 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Davis", "Duba", "Keintz", "Miskimins", "Olson", "Perry", "Peterson (Kent)", "Smith (V. J.)", "Tobin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f6e67fa-0ca8-434f-b71b-00ef8c1b46dd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23094"
source_hash: "b1a3b5dffc3e5a075b6c4f65b8ec704a9abd3b12cd1ec2a61bc05303396de406"
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 1285 (2022) — create a critical care endorsement for emergency medical technician-paramedics.

## Version chain

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

1. **1285A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233125.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Keintz — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 166
- **2022-02-04** Referred to H.J. 211 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-15** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1285A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2022-02-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 368 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 306 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-25** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-28** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 H.J. 594 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 656 `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/4f6e67fa-0ca8-434f-b71b-00ef8c1b46dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).