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+type: "Bill"
+title: "revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage."
+description: "revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 159"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 159 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Licensure", "Marriage", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grove", "Perry", "Pischke", "Randolph", "Voita"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c3392c-d39e-4e20-84a2-276f248b73b6"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940"
+source_hash: "76ab3eca3120dd2889da97d45246bf082b41d8b8b5d5777d7074f95e0dcf9ee8"
+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 159 (2026) — revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.
+
+## 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/26940/299190)
+2. **159A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/300513.pdf)
+3. **159C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304545.pdf)
+4. **159E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305343.pdf)
+5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940/305711)
+6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940/304867)
+7. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940/304018)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940/306638)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–5** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to amend — **4–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in amendments — **31–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **25–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **40–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grove — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Pischke — primary (person)
+- Randolph — primary (person)
+- Voita — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 140 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
+- **2026-02-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 S.J. 25 Amendment 159A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 25
+- **2026-02-23** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 355
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 377 Amendment 159C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 8 S.J. 379
+- **2026-02-25** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 445 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-03-02** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 159E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-02** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 5
+- **2026-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 40, NAYS 27 H.J. 526
+- **2026-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 512
+- **2026-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 525 `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 539 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 `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/04c3392c-d39e-4e20-84a2-276f248b73b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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