---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding legislator salaries."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding legislator salaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1311 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Bartling", "Beal", "Brunner", "Campbell", "Clark", "Cronin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Heinemann", "Jamison", "Johnson", "Karr", "Livermont", "Marty", "May", "McCleerey", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Rhoden", "Rozum", "Smith", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Tulson", "Wiese", "Willadsen", "York"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4a8e3a-90d7-4c39-8d25-201833b8c991"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1311&Session=2018"
source_hash: "b193d6dc9b0daa138c64a2e30651a99be21ed318a888603ab8aaa55850a3d021"
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 1311 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding legislator salaries.

## 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=HB1311P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1311)
2. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1311SST.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=1311)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1311ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1311)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **28–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **5–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **50–16** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **52–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 289 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3. H.J. 470 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 492
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 16. H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 557 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1311ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3. S.J. 686 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 731 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 15. H.J. 725
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 H.J. 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba4a8e3a-90d7-4c39-8d25-201833b8c991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).