---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the pay of certain constitutional officers."
description: "increase the pay of certain constitutional officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1232 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a907def-3143-45bc-9576-c82e0b96b4a8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22040"
source_hash: "ef4f0396329b4c25d8272955dd2b54ed6a6c3aa29e019788f7175f50d6d8c264"
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 1232 (2021) — increase the pay of certain constitutional officers.

## 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/22040/216084)
2. **1232B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217916.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22040/218121)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22040/218964)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **27–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 190
- **2021-02-04** Referred to H.J. 212 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1232B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2021-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 17 H.J. 385
- **2021-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 8 S.J. 378
- **2021-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `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/8a907def-3143-45bc-9576-c82e0b96b4a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).