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+type: "Bill"
+title: "designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter."
+description: "designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1208"
+citation: "South Dakota HB 1208 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Absentee Voting", "Delayed Effective Date", "Elections", "Residency", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Baxter", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kayser", "Nelson", "Odenbach", "Overweg", "Peterson (Sue)"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806"
+source_hash: "8d6f7c7ca625a91aa0c844dd7a21045d1fdf37ae7e4bd0c862551bdd31b29d6a"
+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 HB 1208 (2025) — designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
+
+## 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/25806/279505)
+2. **1208B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281182.pdf)
+3. **1208I** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283843.pdf)
+4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/281248)
+5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/284151)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/284461)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **25–9** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in amendments — **56–13** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **46–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andera — primary (person)
+- Baxter — primary (person)
+- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
+- Kayser — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Odenbach — primary (person)
+- Overweg — primary (person)
+- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-02-07** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1208B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
+- **2025-02-11** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, H.J. 257
+- **2025-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 22 H.J. 270
+- **2025-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 267 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-03-06** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1208I `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-06** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9 S.J. 484
+- **2025-03-11** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 13 H.J. 519
+- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 553 `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/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+