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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "require the sorting of absentee ballots."
+description: "require the sorting of absentee ballots."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 184"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 184 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Crabtree", "Frye-Mueller", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Keintz", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "May", "Mulally", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rusch", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Zikmund"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/583746a2-289e-4466-8d04-840b34d629d8"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22355"
+source_hash: "86cf3c3358257868984bfb8ebd34271c1e05ac2a5b362a3c4572e7032b78ad1e"
+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 SB 184 (2021) — require the sorting of absentee ballots.
+
+## 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/22355/215994)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22355/218971)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aylward — primary (person)
+- Crabtree — primary (person)
+- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
+- Hoffman — primary (person)
+- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
+- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
+- Keintz — primary (person)
+- Klumb — primary (person)
+- Kolbeck — primary (person)
+- May — primary (person)
+- Mulally — primary (person)
+- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
+- Rusch — primary (person)
+- Soye — primary (person)
+- Stalzer — primary (person)
+- Zikmund — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 171 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2021-02-17** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 297
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 307 `passage`
+- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
+- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
+- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 460 `passage`
+- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/583746a2-289e-4466-8d04-840b34d629d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+