---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections."
description: "authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1123"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1123 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elections", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Blare", "Crabtree", "Duba", "Hoffman", "Jamison", "Kull", "Moore", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Perry", "Reed", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Wittman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d169fe-db2a-48cc-b724-35739dcea2c3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24162"
source_hash: "098fad56513721c496ba7e175280d4c03b54f253aa53a78e0d7a5812ceba3208"
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 HB 1123 (2023) — authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections.

## 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/24162/245807)
2. **1123A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248457.pdf)
3. **1123B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248828.pdf)
4. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24162/249122)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24162/250832)

## Votes

- Deferred to another day — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Deferred to another day — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 103 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-02** Local Government Deferred to another day , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1123A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Local Government Deferred to another day , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1123B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 293
- **2023-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 275 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-28** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 389
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/49d169fe-db2a-48cc-b724-35739dcea2c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).