---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1039 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education", "Military Affairs", "Tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d6239c-5553-47f0-801b-69051c3ba471"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24028"
source_hash: "ad3a334e0c2a47a7a0e653fb523742ca4d65c0f50a6830e7b09cbb8dd20ba6a2"
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 1039 (2023) — revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard.

## 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/24028/242547)
2. **1039B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/245739.pdf)
3. **House Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24028/246427)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24028/250831)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2023-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-25** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1039B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4 H.J. 2
- **2023-01-31** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 178 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 338
- **2023-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 318 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-27** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 9
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 389
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/49d6239c-5553-47f0-801b-69051c3ba471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).