---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact."
description: "repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1211"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1211 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compacts", "Education", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Duba", "Koth", "Maher", "Mortenson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Venhuizen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/923dc41d-7f5c-4eb6-ac49-19dbcdc5713b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25304"
source_hash: "3fc2a430441cbd0e464539c45f07e8d81721696d70e144902f3fce7a97d57346"
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 1211 (2024) — repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.

## 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/25304/263707)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25304/266779)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 212 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-15** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 346
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 356 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 375 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-26** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 5 S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 431 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 462 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-04 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 H.J. 514 `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/923dc41d-7f5c-4eb6-ac49-19dbcdc5713b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).