republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-23.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals.	repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 23	South Dakota SB 23 (2020)	bill	Executive/Judiciary Request Professions and Occupations	enacted		3	16	5	2020-01-14	2020-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/9c821a6d-9f0b-4966-bdf3-d18d8908f481	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=23&Session=2020	750d52b2abf1259ee609322cb6000b978aa41643af2dde8ff61c09ff24974b48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 23 (2020) — repeal the high school graduation or equivalent requirement for certain licensed professionals.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. House Commerce and Energy (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB23HCO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=23)
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurred in amendments - 2020 — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• • 2020HB 1059, HB 1091, HB 1105, HB 1120, SB 23, SB 30, HB 1059, HB 1091, HB 1120, SB 30, HB 1105, SB 23 — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 11 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-01-23 Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 73
• 2020-01-27 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 92 passage
• 2020-01-28 First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 76 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-05 Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 23A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-02-05 Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-02-07 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 227 passage
• 2020-02-11 Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 188
• 2020-02-12 Signed by the President S.J. 216
• 2020-02-13 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 291
• 2020-02-18 Delivered to the Governor on February 18, 2020 S.J. 237 executive-receipt
• 2020-02-20 Signed by the Governor on February 19, 2020 S.J. 261 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c821a6d-9f0b-4966-bdf3-d18d8908f481. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).