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Establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation.

South Dakota is creating a new State Office of Apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation to oversee and approve registered apprenticeship programs in the state. The office will set standards for apprenticeships—defining who can participate (workers at least 16 years old), what occupations qualify, and what requirements apprenticeship agreements must meet. This new office will give South Dakota its own system for managing apprenticeships rather than relying solely on federal oversight.

Make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to provide a grant to Southeast Technical College for the purchase of the healthcare simulation center.

South Dakota will provide a $4.65 million grant to Southeast Technical College to purchase a healthcare simulation center (the former Zeal Building). The money comes from the state's general fund through the Board of Technical Education and becomes available on June 30, 2025.

Make an appropriation for a grant to assist in the construction and equipping of a veteran’s skilled trade center.

South Dakota will allocate $3.2 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs to help build and equip a new skilled trade center for veterans near Hot Springs. The center will offer mental health support, PTSD counseling, and job training to veterans, with any unused funds reverting back to the state by June 30, 2028.

Expand eligibility for the rural recruitment assistance program to include chiropractors and optometrists.

South Dakota's rural recruitment assistance program, which currently helps communities attract physicians and dentists, will now also include chiropractors and optometrists as eligible health care professionals. The Department of Health can use this program to offer recruitment assistance to these additional practitioners willing to practice in eligible rural communities for at least three years.

Make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.

South Dakota will provide $6.736 million in state funding to the Board of Technical Education to buy equipment for the four technical colleges across the state. Any money not spent by the deadline will be returned to the state's general fund according to standard procedures.

Revise provisions regarding students and trainees engaged in the practice of funeral service.

SB 80 clarifies the rules for people learning to become funeral directors by allowing students in accredited funeral service programs to perform certain funeral duties (like embalming) under a licensed funeral director's direct supervision without needing a separate trainee license. The bill also gives the state licensing board authority to set specific qualifications, supervision requirements, and duration limits for trainees and traineeships through its rules.

Make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.

South Dakota will pay out a total of about $2.1 million to reimburse healthcare professionals—including family doctors, dentists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners—who completed requirements under the state's rural recruitment assistance programs. The money comes from the state's general fund and will be distributed by the Department of Health to those who met the program standards. The bill declares an emergency so these reimbursements can happen immediately.

Establish provisions for eligibility in the child care assistance program for certain child care employees.

South Dakota's child care assistance program will now allow child care employees to be eligible for assistance under the program, a new eligibility category that wasn't available before. The bill also clarifies that the Secretary of Social Services must adopt rules governing how the program operates, including who qualifies and what services are covered. These changes expand access to child care assistance beyond families to include workers in the child care industry itself.