---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand the scope of a physician wellness program and to declare an emergency."
description: "expand the scope of a physician wellness program and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "South Dakota SB 136 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Health Care", "Higher Education", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Davis", "Duba", "Emery", "Healy", "Hunhoff", "Nesiba", "Perry", "Reed", "Tobin", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c8aab9-49bb-4e67-9326-323cfbac9578"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24957"
source_hash: "b85e518921ea972ac0178fce100d32633b8cd83dcbe7ba15a640feb514665565"
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 SB 136 (2024) — expand the scope of a physician wellness program and to declare an emergency.

## 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/24957/261900)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24957/266926)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 166 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-29** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 2 S.J. 204 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 216 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-27** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 430 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/89c8aab9-49bb-4e67-9326-323cfbac9578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).