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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "South Dakota SB 55 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Gross", "Hunhoff", "Karr", "Kolbeck", "Koth", "Lake", "Maher", "Nesiba", "Partridge", "Pischke", "Post", "Wiik"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=55&Session=2020"
source_hash: "85f86c30e011e90ecdf8f9cf97db757fdd1a91e74d3319d1ac00509afd2e32eb"
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 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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=55)
2. **House Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/69629.pdf)
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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB55ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=55)
## Votes
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **652** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **341** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **332** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8802cf29-4858-4cdf-9583-c3a9b5543297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).