---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the method by which completion of a required suicide awareness and prevention training is verified."
description: "revise the method by which completion of a required suicide awareness and prevention training is verified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1020 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Licensure", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5561a14c-8045-4955-9dc1-0faccd8b6f10"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24788"
source_hash: "e7c7990106f4223b36d8db76f20c5123b2b1903cdbde45042c860ebfe0869665"
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 1020 (2024) — revise the method by which completion of a required suicide awareness and prevention training is verified.

## 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/24788/257357)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24788/263411)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-12** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-16** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 61 `passage`
- **2024-01-17** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 95 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-25** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 191 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 203 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Signed by the President S.J. 224 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-01 H.J. 224 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-06 H.J. 256 `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/5561a14c-8045-4955-9dc1-0faccd8b6f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).