republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/hb-1040.md

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Bill	increase the frequency of background investigations for certain state employees.	increase the frequency of background investigations for certain state employees.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	HB 1040	South Dakota HB 1040 (2020)	bill	Criminal Background Investigation Executive/Judiciary Request Promulgation of Rules Public Officers and Employees	enacted		2	15	4	2020-01-14	2020-02-25	openstates	ocd-bill/471798e6-86e7-42b0-9752-8d3f276e1e09	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1040&Session=2020	5831180feada476f773f14daca004046fd532edd9ed2c32ccc5c236c3da76226	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1040 (2020) — increase the frequency of background investigations for certain state employees.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass - 2020 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• • 2020HB 1040, HB 1055, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1040, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1055 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• • 2020HB 1039, HB 1040, HB 1039, HB 1040 — 66–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 First Reading House H.J. 11
• 2020-01-21 Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 36 referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-01-29 Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-01-30 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 1. H.J. 105 passage
• 2020-02-04 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 132 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-10 Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-02-11 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 190 passage
• 2020-02-12 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 275
• 2020-02-13 Signed by the President S.J. 233
• 2020-02-18 Delivered to the Governor on February 18, 2020 H.J. 294 executive-receipt
• 2020-02-25 Signed by the Governor on February 24, 2020 H.J. 373 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/471798e6-86e7-42b0-9752-8d3f276e1e09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).