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type: "Bill"
title: "provide immunity for qualified mental health professionals at appropriate regional facilities."
description: "provide immunity for qualified mental health professionals at appropriate regional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "South Dakota SB 5 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Commitment", "Liability", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Haugaard", "Healy", "Sutton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aedbaa8-6efd-41bc-8ca4-35cfd5b4c49b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=5&Session=2020"
source_hash: "e9b04d925ac2c2e4c7b59480677723f72decfb221518d80e69ed5bb4fc4816e4"
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 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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB5P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=5)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB5ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=5)
## Votes
- Do Pass - 2020 — **120** (pass) · lower
- - 2020SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176, SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176 — **651** (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 — **330** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **50** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aedbaa8-6efd-41bc-8ca4-35cfd5b4c49b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).