republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2024/sb-40.md

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Bill	establish a criminal background check requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.	establish a criminal background check requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2024	SB 40	South Dakota SB 40 (2024)	bill	Boards and Commissions Criminal Background Investigation Executive/Judiciary Request Health Care Licensure Professions and Occupations	enacted		2	15	4	2024-01-09	2024-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/585d7dd7-9fd7-468a-82ef-064cabe2ef77	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24719	20ee2f7ed303e2619b98811a1365cc50d8bc251ea3af283cf6827d087d8124dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 40 (2024) — establish a criminal background check requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

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 — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 19 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Scheduled for hearing
• 2024-01-22 Scheduled for hearing
• 2024-01-22 Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2024-01-23 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 149 passage
• 2024-01-24 First read in House and referred to H.J. 165 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Scheduled for hearing
• 2024-02-08 Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 5 committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 5
• 2024-02-12 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 305 passage
• 2024-02-13 Signed by the President S.J. 315 passage
• 2024-02-14 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 337 passage
• 2024-02-15 Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-15 S.J. 341 executive-receipt
• 2024-02-21 Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-21 S.J. 370 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/585d7dd7-9fd7-468a-82ef-064cabe2ef77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).