---
type: "Bill"
title: "limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims."
description: "limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1292"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1292 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Davis", "DeGroot", "Emery", "Heermann", "Muckey", "Weems", "Wittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df50a82-5795-4310-93b7-9e2880d68911"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26466"
source_hash: "7255efe29ae91bbae5024adbc9184b94be2c2b2cdb5182c31ea5fc1eb1cc0bb3"
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 1292 (2026) — limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims.

## 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/26466/301130)
2. **1292B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303620.pdf)
3. **House Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26466/303806)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26466/306310)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 218 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-18** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1292B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 390
- **2026-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 357 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 25 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 25
- **2026-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 461
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 506 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 579 `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/5df50a82-5795-4310-93b7-9e2880d68911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).