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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot."
+description: "clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 177"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 177 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanc", "Goodwin", "Hulse", "Jordan", "Manhart", "Perry"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-03-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1deb96e4-b7ff-4644-a9c8-076558691934"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27058"
+source_hash: "e1658e5aec7a7cb2ca9c8d7d39c0fa6e799d72383ee950bc832cafc9d922a4ee"
+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 177 (2026) — clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot.
+
+## 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/27058/299338)
+2. **177C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301577.pdf)
+3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27058/301898)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27058/305644)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **62–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanc — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Hulse — primary (person)
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+- Manhart — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-02-06** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
+- **2026-02-06** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 18 Amendment 177C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-06** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 18
+- **2026-02-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 18
+- **2026-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 233
+- **2026-02-11** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3 H.J. 475
+- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516 `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 477 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 `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/1deb96e4-b7ff-4644-a9c8-076558691934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+