---
type: "Bill"
title: "reinstate the restricted real estate broker's license for auctioneers and revise real estate licensing."
description: "reinstate the restricted real estate broker's license for auctioneers and revise real estate licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "South Dakota SB 77 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gross", "Novstrup", "Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c54b97a-07a8-4ed6-b122-b87e5364dd39"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24072"
source_hash: "32bebaca01e79ffa333ae1daeb55cc05be1196bc894d509a5d9e198c0f2ecb41"
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 77 (2023) — reinstate the restricted real estate broker's license for auctioneers and revise real estate licensing.

## 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/24072/244840)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24072/249483)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gross — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — 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`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-26** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 6 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 140 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-08** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-09** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 275
- **2023-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 287
- **2023-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 6 H.J. 294 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-21 S.J. 300 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/2c54b97a-07a8-4ed6-b122-b87e5364dd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).