---
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: "2023"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "South Dakota SB 76 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensure", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Bartels", "Blare", "Castleberry", "Davis", "Deutsch", "Drury", "Duffy", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Koth", "Lems", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mulally", "Mulder", "Novstrup", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reimer", "Rohl", "Shorma", "Stalzer", "Tordsen", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5032e9-536c-4bfb-a2cc-23e79de6b1d4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23942"
source_hash: "156b20829087a3920f68c1e1bcc2a81916e08d37c51558651efdd84f267f0149"
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 SB 76 (2023) — 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/23942/244665)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23942/250079)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 76 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 15 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 15
- **2023-02-08** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 226
- **2023-02-13** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 251 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 292 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-22** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 366 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 366 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-02 S.J. 402 `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/cc5032e9-536c-4bfb-a2cc-23e79de6b1d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).