---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs and residency in the State Veterans Home."
description: "revise certain provisions pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs and residency in the State Veterans Home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1038"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1038 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/055e6ec8-312d-438b-b6b7-5b41abed1330"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24023"
source_hash: "47ffbf9927abcf8c9109312c3387e58ed8eb432001e94e331c52bb8bc496b7bd"
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 1038 (2023) — revise certain provisions pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs and residency in the State Veterans Home.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24023/242546)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24023/248587)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Military and Veterans Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-23** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 105 `passage`
- **2023-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 127 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-01** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2023-02-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 192 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-16 H.J. 312 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-24 H.J. 370 `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/055e6ec8-312d-438b-b6b7-5b41abed1330`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).