republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2021/hb-1197.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	require the attorney general be licensed to practice law in the state.	require the attorney general be licensed to practice law in the state.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2021	HB 1197	South Dakota HB 1197 (2021)	bill	Public Officers and Employees State Affairs and Government	enacted	Aylward Bolin Castleberry Deutsch Drury Finck Frye-Mueller Goodwin Greenfield (Brock) Hoffman Jensen (Kevin) Marty May Milstead Mulally Otten (Ernie) Peterson (Sue) Randolph Soye Steinhauer Stevens Symens Zikmund	2	14	3	2021-02-02	2021-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/01a50fbc-fc66-415a-a96f-d2c114ce5e4d	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21883	ce585791a8486f5901ab00253d6d67e576803cec88f92ac10b01f0c25dc8b1ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1197 (2021) — require the attorney general be licensed to practice law in the state.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 67–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aylward — primary (person)
• Bolin — primary (person)
• Castleberry — primary (person)
• Deutsch — primary (person)
• Drury — primary (person)
• Finck — primary (person)
• Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Hoffman — primary (person)
• Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
• Marty — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• Milstead — primary (person)
• Mulally — primary (person)
• Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
• Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
• Randolph — primary (person)
• Soye — primary (person)
• Steinhauer — primary (person)
• Stevens — primary (person)
• Symens — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 First read in House and referred to H.J. 178 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-02-22 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2021-02-22 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2021-02-23 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 357 passage
• 2021-02-24 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 341 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2021-03-02 Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 committee-passage
• 2021-03-02 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
• 2021-03-04 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 418 passage
• 2021-03-08 Signed by the President S.J. 450 passage
• 2021-03-08 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 passage
• 2021-03-09 Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01a50fbc-fc66-415a-a96f-d2c114ce5e4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).