---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow for the appointment of county coroner by all counties."
description: "allow for the appointment of county coroner by all counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1057"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1057 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Bartels", "Blare", "Bolin", "Deibert", "Emery", "Gross", "Hansen", "Hoffman", "Hunhoff", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Lems", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Schaefbauer", "St. John", "Stevens", "Tordsen", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb014dff-2784-43f3-a06e-9a0d9830cb2a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23984"
source_hash: "27643465ce7befeb0fa0e97fddfae35a2b41681e16440076d98f16ab7ff504d5"
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 1057 (2023) — allow for the appointment of county coroner by all counties.

## 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/23984/243135)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23984/248731)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 28 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-17** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 51
- **2023-01-19** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 63 `passage`
- **2023-01-20** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 77 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-01** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 177
- **2023-02-06** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 204 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-16 H.J. 312 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-24 H.J. 370 `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/cb014dff-2784-43f3-a06e-9a0d9830cb2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).