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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law."
+description: "revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 91"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 91 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Constitutional Amendments", "Elections", "Initiated Measures", "Petitions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Crabtree", "Gosch", "Hulse", "Jordan", "Perry"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d852f849-6fc1-447b-98a2-69052693e71c"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25964"
+source_hash: "a6a62fb75749d996de85de9c5030f97f5d0ec2c1f613ff31a8abf7a3d1e45733"
+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 91 (2025) — revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law.
+
+## 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/25964/276832)
+2. **91B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/279550.pdf)
+3. **91C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282894.pdf)
+4. **91D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283161.pdf)
+5. **91F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284359.pdf)
+6. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25964/284522)
+7. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25964/283563)
+8. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25964/281581)
+9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25964/284524)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference Committee Report adopted — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Conference Committee Report adopted — **32–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bahmuller — primary (person)
+- Crabtree — primary (person)
+- Gosch — primary (person)
+- Hulse — primary (person)
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** First Reading Senate S.J. 89
+- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 91B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
+- **2025-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2025-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 255
+- **2025-02-13** First read in House and referred to H.J. 287 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 91C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 91D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
+- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2025-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 462
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 479
+- **2025-03-10** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 507
+- **2025-03-11** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 91F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
+- **2025-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 537
+- **2025-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 523
+- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 533 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 548 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/d852f849-6fc1-447b-98a2-69052693e71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+