---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification."
description: "amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1039 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Promulgation of Rules", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd1fd453-b76e-4c60-ba4c-9ffe5275dcfd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25787"
source_hash: "fa339f0c619c27d8fa3bb9a7fb5703ea46559caa69fbdaad5bbc367484a85915"
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 (2025) — amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.

## 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/25787/274260)
2. **1039C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282871.pdf)
3. **House Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25787/282901)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25787/284378)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **9–6** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 15
- **2025-01-23** Referred to H.J. 105 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2025-01-27** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 6 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2025-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1039C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2025-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 393
- **2025-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 393 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-06** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-10** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 483
- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2 S.J. 497
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 522 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 H.J. 536 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 552 `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/cd1fd453-b76e-4c60-ba4c-9ffe5275dcfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).