---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the commissioner form of municipal government."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the commissioner form of municipal government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1169 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heinert", "McCleerey", "Turbiville", "White"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c03a42a1-3a4e-4072-b2df-0641e03522a8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1169&Session=2018"
source_hash: "0cbd990d617106ed4bc70f8bc43200621622bada2ca41bd082726e20411c749a"
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 1169 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the commissioner form of municipal government.

## 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=HB1169P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1169)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1169ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1169)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1161, HB 1163, HB 1168, HB 1169, HB 1183, HB 1248 — **63–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Heinert — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 177 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Local Government Deferred to another day, Passed
- **2018-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-13** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 417 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3. H.J. 440 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 485 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 628 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 673 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on March 08, 2018 H.J. 747 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c03a42a1-3a4e-4072-b2df-0641e03522a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).