---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the eligibility for admission to the state veterans' home and repeal the residency requirement."
description: "modify the eligibility for admission to the state veterans' home and repeal the residency requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1008 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Nursing Homes", "Residency", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/554d9bd2-c82b-45cd-8e0f-0cd57a7616a1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24865"
source_hash: "2c22ca6acf1ae5d49d8fa431e7f6132fb3f766c22c95a4f8d73b747046b757b3"
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 1008 (2024) — modify the eligibility for admission to the state veterans' home and repeal the residency requirement.

## 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/24865/256787)
2. **1008A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/262443.pdf)
3. **House Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24865/262609)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24865/265685)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (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.

- **2024-01-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 21 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1008A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 201
- **2024-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 221 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-07** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-12** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 297
- **2024-02-13** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 310
- **2024-02-14** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 329
- **2024-02-15** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 348 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 347 `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-20 H.J. 352 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-27 H.J. 410 `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/554d9bd2-c82b-45cd-8e0f-0cd57a7616a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).