Bill Commons

SD SB 5

enacted

require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 5 pass?

Yes. SD SB 5 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-06): Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-06 S.J. 206

What is SD SB 5 about?

SD SB 5 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 5?

Zikmund, Wipf, Vilhauer and 14 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 5.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-02-06 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-06 S.J. 206
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zikmundprimary
  • Wipfprimary
  • Vilhauerprimary
  • Uhre-Balkprimary
  • Shormaprimary
  • Schoenfishprimary
  • Reedprimary
  • Pourierprimary
  • Muckeyprimary
  • Mooreprimary
  • Massieprimary
  • Hulseprimary
  • Heermannprimary
  • Emeryprimary
  • Deibertprimary
  • Rohlprimary
  • Kassinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-06

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-06 S.J. 206

    executive-signature,executive-signature

  2. 2026-02-02

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-02 S.J. 155

    executive-receipt

  3. 2026-01-29

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 185

    passage

  4. 2026-01-28

    Signed by the President S.J. 134

    passage

  5. 2026-01-27

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 157

    passage

  6. 2026-01-26

    State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 3

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-01-26

    Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1

  8. 2026-01-22

    Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 114

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-21

    First Reading House H.J. 105

  10. 2026-01-20

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 67

    passage

  11. 2026-01-16

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1

  12. 2026-01-16

    State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 1

    committee-passage

  13. 2026-01-16

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  14. 2026-01-13

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-16 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Beal: excused
    • Deibert: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Pischke: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Mehlhaff: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-20 · pass · 32-0

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: excused
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Lapka: excused
    • Larson: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Vilhauer: yes
    • Voight: yes
    • Voita: yes
    • Wipf: yes
    • Zikmund: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-26 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Gosch: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Healy: yes
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Jamison: yes
    • Lems: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Soye: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Odenbach: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-27 · pass · 64-1

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: yes
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: yes
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Baxter: yes
    • Czmowski: excused
    • DeGroot: excused
    • Derby: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Fosness: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Gosch: excused
    • Greenfield: no
    • Halverson: yes
    • Healy: yes
    • Heermann: yes
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Ismay: yes
    • Jamison: yes
    • Jensen (Phil): yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Jorgenson: yes
    • Kassin: yes
    • Kayser: yes
    • Kolbeck (Jack): yes
    • Kull: yes
    • Ladner: yes
    • Lems: yes
    • Manhart: yes
    • Massie: yes
    • May: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Muckey: yes
    • Mulally: yes
    • Mulder: yes
    • Nolz: yes
    • Novstrup: yes
    • Odenbach: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Peterson (Drew): yes
    • Pourier: yes
    • Randolph: yes
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Rice: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Schwans: yes
    • Shorma: excused
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Soye: yes
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

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https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26325

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