---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions pertaining to the appointment of vacant positions on a board or commission."
description: "modify provisions pertaining to the appointment of vacant positions on a board or commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "South Dakota SB 76 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appointments", "Boards and Commissions", "Higher Education", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Chase", "Crabtree", "Drury", "Duba", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Koth", "Mehlhaff", "Mortenson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Teunissen", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca39e512-9490-4802-a92b-83c0d2570976"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24900"
source_hash: "d98caf8e5b6613bded354e245bcda2ea7395ac75e257afcef4f89f176c40af25"
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 (2024) — modify provisions pertaining to the appointment of vacant positions on a board or commission.

## 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/24900/258913)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24900/266221)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 35 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 130 `passage`
- **2024-01-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-21** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 375 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 407 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 482 `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/ca39e512-9490-4802-a92b-83c0d2570976`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).