---
type: "Bill"
title: "create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure."
description: "create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "South Dakota SB 57 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compacts", "Criminal Background Investigation", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244a2325-07c1-44f5-b5be-0e38fb4f17a3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24737"
source_hash: "653b25e04856b47efe84b1bec465230f368a3fa82c0265907c88bccfa608aaa5"
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 57 (2024) — create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure.

## 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/24737/258466)
2. **57A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/261692.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24737/262016)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24737/264676)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **62–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **5–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-18** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 123
- **2024-01-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 127
- **2024-01-23** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 151 Amendment 57A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 15 S.J. 151
- **2024-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 165 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-02** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 H.J. 4 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3 H.J. 253
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 264 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 256 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-06 S.J. 269 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-12** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-12 S.J. 292 `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/244a2325-07c1-44f5-b5be-0e38fb4f17a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).