---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for licensure by endorsement for certain licensed professionals and occupations."
description: "provide for licensure by endorsement for certain licensed professionals and occupations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1077 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c07bb83-f398-4a61-9488-8b112f0e3bac"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22187"
source_hash: "b85424164c8b31048b9f66505998a14ec48a1dcf28ac0431641db14f17ebecd0"
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 (2021) — provide for licensure by endorsement for certain licensed professionals and occupations.

## 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/22187/212594)
2. **1077A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/213557.pdf)
3. **1077B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215147.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22187/215381)
5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22187/213984)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22187/217222)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 109 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-27** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1077A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-01** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 168 Amendment 1077B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 3 H.J. 168
- **2021-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 158 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 6
- **2021-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 238 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Signed by the President S.J. 271 `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-17 H.J. 303 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-23 H.J. 346 `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/1c07bb83-f398-4a61-9488-8b112f0e3bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).