---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the requirements pertaining to average teacher compensation and to establish a minimum teacher salary."
description: "revise the requirements pertaining to average teacher compensation and to establish a minimum teacher salary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "South Dakota SB 127 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "State Affairs and Government", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Koth", "Mortenson", "Nesiba", "Otten (Herman)", "Stalzer", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c85264-9e5f-450c-876e-25ec40b0bbbe"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25172"
source_hash: "007c8e47f5057881e3bc70572acfd3aacf14d97d3a0758ef34de06f2cfaf848e"
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 127 (2024) — revise the requirements pertaining to average teacher compensation and to establish a minimum teacher salary.

## 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/25172/261764)
2. **127A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266776.pdf)
3. **127B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/267217.pdf)
4. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25172/267311)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25172/267029)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25172/267322)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **60–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 147 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-15** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 345 `passage`
- **2024-02-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 355 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 442 Amendment 127A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 7 H.J. 444
- **2024-03-04** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 470
- **2024-03-04** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 478
- **2024-03-05** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 472
- **2024-03-05** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 127B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2024-03-06** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9 S.J. 500
- **2024-03-06** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 493
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 510 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 525 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/40c85264-9e5f-450c-876e-25ec40b0bbbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).