---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide free tuition at Board of Technical Education institutions for children or spouses of members of the South Dakota National Guard disabled or deceased in the line of duty."
description: "provide free tuition at Board of Technical Education institutions for children or spouses of members of the South Dakota National Guard disabled or deceased in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1046 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education", "Tuition", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/138576bc-7d66-4887-aaff-c462b76cb9fd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23892"
source_hash: "1f7486051aeb2c6436a7fc748d420265de963d2c8c81ad14afd51f9a3f41de3c"
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 1046 (2023) — provide free tuition at Board of Technical Education institutions for children or spouses of members of the South Dakota National Guard disabled or deceased in the line of duty.

## 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/23892/242568)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23892/249958)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–2** (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 Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2 H.J. 173 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 149 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 318 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 H.J. 378 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-02 H.J. 450 `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/138576bc-7d66-4887-aaff-c462b76cb9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).