---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide immunity from liability for certain actions of the State Bar and its agents."
description: "provide immunity from liability for certain actions of the State Bar and its agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1023 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Fitzgerald", "Koth", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Mulder", "Perry", "Reimer", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ea3a89-19ed-488f-ad17-f20786d90f34"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24741"
source_hash: "9cca1a2d2cd1835502f28802a506edf64de7fd1df932334908bc4a5bd4c53c39"
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 1023 (2024) — provide immunity from liability for certain actions of the State Bar and its agents.

## 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/24741/257360)
2. **1023B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/259853.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24741/262337)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24741/265969)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 19 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1023B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2
- **2024-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 17 H.J. 189
- **2024-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 203 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 365
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 369 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the President S.J. 390 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-23 H.J. 384 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-27 H.J. 410 `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/11ea3a89-19ed-488f-ad17-f20786d90f34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).