---
type: "Bill"
title: "update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree."
description: "update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1077 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Death Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Cronin", "Dennert", "Frerichs", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hawley", "Howard", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Langer", "Latterell", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "Nesiba", "Peterson (Kent)", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0259d5ad-f65e-445d-b135-137a3f208e3e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1077&Session=2018"
source_hash: "d859448daac3e8db2dec8a529e16f22816b0e31606897ccd47e9f34e70dce941"
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 HB 1077 (2018) — update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1077P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1077)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1077S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=1077)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1077SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1077)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1077ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1077)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **28–5** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **60–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **62–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 64 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 105 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 0. H.J. 134 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 201 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1077wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 479 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 538 Amendment 1077ja
- **2018-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5. S.J. 538 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 1. H.J. 572
- **2018-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 623
- **2018-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 644 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2018 H.J. 696 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0259d5ad-f65e-445d-b135-137a3f208e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).