SD SB 31
enactedpermit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.
South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did SD SB 31 pass?
Yes. SD SB 31 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-05. Latest recorded action (2026-03-05): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474
What is SD SB 31 about?
SD SB 31 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.”.
Who sponsors SD SB 31?
State Affairs is the primary sponsor of SD SB 31.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-03-05 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- State Affairsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-13
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-28
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-28
State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 9
committee-passage
2026-01-29
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 145
passage
2026-02-02
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-23
State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
committee-passage
2026-02-24
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 6 H.J. 433
passage
2026-02-25
Signed by the President S.J. 405
passage
2026-02-26
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462
passage
2026-03-02
Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422
executive-receipt
2026-03-05
Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474
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Versions
Documents
Votes
Do Pass
2026-01-28 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (9)
- Deibert: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: excused
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Larson: no
- Pischke: yes
- Voight: yes
- Perry: yes
- Mehlhaff: excused
Do Pass
2026-01-29 · pass · 30-3
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: yes
- Carley: yes
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: excused
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: no
- Grove: yes
- Hohn: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hulse: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Larson: no
- Marty: yes
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Otten: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): yes
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: no
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes
Do Pass
2026-02-23 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Bahmuller: yes
- Emery: no
- Gosch: excused
- Hansen: yes
- Healy: no
- Heinemann: yes
- Jamison: yes
- Lems: yes
- Reisch: yes
- May: yes
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Odenbach: yes
Do Pass
2026-02-24 · pass · 58-6
Member-level votes (70)
- Andera: yes
- Arlint: yes
- Auch: yes
- Aylward: excused
- Bahmuller: yes
- Bathke: excused
- Baxter: yes
- Czmowski: yes
- DeGroot: yes
- Derby: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Emery: no
- Fitzgerald: yes
- Fosness: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Gosch: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Halverson: yes
- Healy: no
- Heermann: excused
- Heinemann: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Ismay: yes
- Jamison: yes
- Jensen (Phil): yes
- Jordan: yes
- Jorgenson: yes
- Kassin: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): excused
- Kull: yes
- Ladner: yes
- Lems: yes
- Manhart: yes
- Massie: yes
- May: yes
- Moore: yes
- Mortenson: yes
- Muckey: no
- Mulally: yes
- Mulder: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Novstrup: yes
- Odenbach: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Pourier: excused
- Randolph: yes
- Rehfeldt: yes
- Reimer: yes
- Reisch: yes
- Rice: yes
- Roby: yes
- Roe: yes
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: no
- Shubeck: yes
- Sjaarda: yes
- Soye: excused
- Stevens: yes
- Uhre-Balk: no
- Van Diepen: yes
- Walburg: yes
- Weems: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Wittman: no
- Hansen: yes
Related bills
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