republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2018/hb-1077.md

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Bill	update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.	update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2018	HB 1077	South Dakota HB 1077 (2018)	bill	Criminal Procedure Death Penalty	enacted	Ahlers Cronin Dennert Frerichs Greenfield (Brock) Hawley Howard Kennedy Killer Langer Latterell Lesmeister Maher Nesiba Peterson (Kent) Smith	4	15	5	2018-01-16	2018-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0259d5ad-f65e-445d-b135-137a3f208e3e	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1077&Session=2018	d859448daac3e8db2dec8a529e16f22816b0e31606897ccd47e9f34e70dce941	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1077 (2018) — update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Printed (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Judiciary (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1077SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1077)
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2018 — 28–5 (pass) · legislature
• Concurred in amendments - 2018 — 60–1 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass - 2018 — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass - 2018 — 62–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass Amended - 2018 — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ahlers — primary (person)
• Cronin — primary (person)
• Dennert — primary (person)
• Frerichs — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Hawley — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Killer — primary (person)
• Langer — primary (person)
• Latterell — primary (person)
• Lesmeister — primary (person)
• Maher — primary (person)
• Nesiba — primary (person)
• Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 64 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 105 committee-passage
• 2018-01-19 Scheduled for hearing
• 2018-01-22 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 0. H.J. 134 passage
• 2018-01-23 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 201 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Scheduled for hearing
• 2018-02-14 Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1077wa amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2018-02-14 Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 479 committee-passage
• 2018-02-21 Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 538 Amendment 1077ja
• 2018-02-21 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5. S.J. 538 passage
• 2018-02-23 House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 1. H.J. 572
• 2018-02-26 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 611
• 2018-02-27 Signed by the President S.J. 623
• 2018-02-28 Delivered to the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 644 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-06 Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2018 H.J. 696 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0259d5ad-f65e-445d-b135-137a3f208e3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).