---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions related to the licensure of public accountants."
description: "modify provisions related to the licensure of public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1035 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountants", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Bahmuller", "Duffy", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Hulse", "Massie", "Moore", "Muckey", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Schoenfish", "Uhre-Balk", "Vilhauer", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a458b537-d773-4b59-a9f6-ab2c70e23fbb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26664"
source_hash: "9c2fd19d95990a055f69e99815bc20918f4edd97418e2baeb061d1c1ceaa899f"
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 1035 (2026) — modify provisions related to the licensure of public accountants.

## 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/26664/293022)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26664/303860)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 115
- **2026-01-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 128
- **2026-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 137 `passage`
- **2026-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 121 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-17** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-18** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 296 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 373 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 346 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-23 H.J. 400 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-02 H.J. 466 `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/a458b537-d773-4b59-a9f6-ab2c70e23fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).