republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-55.md

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Bill	require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority.	require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 55	South Dakota SB 55 (2020)	bill	Education Higher Education	enacted	Bartels Greenfield (Brock) Gross Hunhoff Karr Kolbeck Koth Lake Maher Nesiba Partridge Pischke Post Wiik	4	19	5	2020-01-21	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=55&Session=2020	85f86c30e011e90ecdf8f9cf97db757fdd1a91e74d3319d1ac00509afd2e32eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 55 (2020) — require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. House Appropriations (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Appropriations (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55SAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=55)
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 65–2 (pass) · lower
• Concurred in amendments - 2020 — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 33–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bartels — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Gross — primary (person)
• Hunhoff — primary (person)
• Karr — primary (person)
• Kolbeck — primary (person)
• Koth — primary (person)
• Lake — primary (person)
• Maher — primary (person)
• Nesiba — primary (person)
• Partridge — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)
• Post — primary (person)
• Wiik — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-21 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 56 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-25 Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-02-25 Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55D amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-02-25 Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 368 passage
• 2020-02-27 First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 432 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-03-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-05 House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55E amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-05 House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55G amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-05 House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-03-09 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 514 passage
• 2020-03-10 Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1. S.J. 479
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President S.J. 487
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
• 2020-03-12 Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-30 Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).