---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons."
description: "provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1174"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmentally Disabled Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duba", "Emery", "Kull", "Moore", "Mulder", "Nelson", "Olson", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Wheeler", "Wittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f40ac21-72e9-47fb-9396-71f67fde2d88"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23603"
source_hash: "798e78bf912ba557702db845f4bda784e073c11edd917deaca0f5d4fa13ed45d"
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 1174 (2023) — provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons.

## 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/23603/246833)
2. **1174D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250677.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23603/250803)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23603/251198)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **55–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First read in House and referred to H.J. 171 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 13 H.J. 237 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 214 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1174D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-06** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 425
- **2023-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 425
- **2023-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 495
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 547 `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/4f40ac21-72e9-47fb-9396-71f67fde2d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).