republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-5.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	provide immunity for qualified mental health professionals at appropriate regional facilities.	provide immunity for qualified mental health professionals at appropriate regional facilities.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 5	South Dakota SB 5 (2020)	bill	Civil Commitment Liability Mentally Ill Persons	enacted	Diedrich Haugaard Healy Sutton	2	16	4	2020-01-14	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0aedbaa8-6efd-41bc-8ca4-35cfd5b4c49b	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=5&Session=2020	e9b04d925ac2c2e4c7b59480677723f72decfb221518d80e69ed5bb4fc4816e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 5 (2020) — provide immunity for qualified mental health professionals at appropriate regional facilities.

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 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• • 2020SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176, SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176 — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• • 2020HB 1010, HB 1019, HB 1037, HB 1053, SB 5, SB 91, HB 1010, HB 1019, HB 1037, HB 1053, SB 5, SB 91 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2020 — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Diedrich — primary (person)
• Haugaard — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 10 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-05 Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-02-06 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 158 passage
• 2020-02-07 First Reading House H.J. 229
• 2020-02-26 Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 410 referral-committee
• 2020-03-02 Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-03-02 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-03 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 451 passage
• 2020-03-04 Signed by the President S.J. 421
• 2020-03-05 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
• 2020-03-09 Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 S.J. 450 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 493 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0aedbaa8-6efd-41bc-8ca4-35cfd5b4c49b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).