---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists."
description: "modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1029"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1029 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Licensure", "Promulgation of Rules", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82978370-0375-4cc2-b9f2-a955aed31826"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24721"
source_hash: "1dccdebac8c61c45fae7138006b2b5444232afa0a31495acb00ed3ca9d8e428f"
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 1029 (2024) — modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists.

## 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/24721/257747)
2. **1029B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260518.pdf)
3. **1029C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/264379.pdf)
4. **House Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24721/260608)
5. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24721/264609)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24721/265313)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — 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`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-01-18** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1029B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 145
- **2024-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 148 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-05** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1029C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 279
- **2024-02-12** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 304
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 322 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Signed by the President S.J. 330 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-15 H.J. 340 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-21 H.J. 364 `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/82978370-0375-4cc2-b9f2-a955aed31826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).