---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence."
description: "expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "South Dakota SB 81 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrical Wiring", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Beal", "Crabtree", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson", "Kull", "Lems", "Lesmeister", "Mills", "Moore", "Mulally", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Pischke", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Stalzer", "Tobin", "Tordsen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151f5e48-2469-4c82-bd12-466c8df20f76"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24576"
source_hash: "88032a8e8f572532d5fb097bd6662f0924919561f82549e26950b98d920d168c"
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 81 (2024) — expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence.

## 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/24576/259483)
2. **81A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260732.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24576/262890)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24576/266262)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 76 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-25** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 81A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 203
- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 216 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 379
- **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/151f5e48-2469-4c82-bd12-466c8df20f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).