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+type: "Bill"
+title: "permit the appointment of a circuit court judge or Supreme Court justice as a member of the Public Utilities Commission in place of a disqualified or incapacitated commissioner."
+description: "permit the appointment of a circuit court judge or Supreme Court justice as a member of the Public Utilities Commission in place of a disqualified or incapacitated commissioner."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 177"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 177 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appointments", "Boards and Commissions", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Duffy", "Schoenbeck"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4918677d-12f1-4a20-a99e-69e80d2b9bda"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25211"
+source_hash: "e6d2aeda1e31c35553c20cfeee2f4cca05f01764e7e494cb13acb2191b3c6276"
+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 177 (2024) — permit the appointment of a circuit court judge or Supreme Court justice as a member of the Public Utilities Commission in place of a disqualified or incapacitated commissioner.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25211/262780)
+2. **177A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/262785.pdf)
+3. **177C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/264230.pdf)
+4. **177F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/267106.pdf)
+5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25211/267145)
+6. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25211/264280)
+7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25211/267246)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **20–13** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **42–28** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to amend — **48–22** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in amendments — **24–10** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsidered — **20–13** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **17–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Duffy — primary (person)
+- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2024-02-01** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 4 Amendment 177A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 4 Amendment 177C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2 S.J. 4
+- **2024-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 15 S.J. 259
+- **2024-02-05** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 260
+- **2024-02-06** Senate Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13 S.J. 267
+- **2024-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13 S.J. 268
+- **2024-02-07** First read in House and referred to H.J. 280 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
+- **2024-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 446
+- **2024-03-04** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 22 H.J. 456 Amendment 177F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 28 H.J. 457
+- **2024-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 10 S.J. 485
+- **2024-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 500 `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 495 `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-06 S.J. 501 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 525 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4918677d-12f1-4a20-a99e-69e80d2b9bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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