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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration."
+description: "permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 31"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 31 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Delayed Effective Date", "Election Verification", "Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-13"
+last_action: "2026-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26608"
+source_hash: "cb5aca91323a2435b7bad6cbce3c17f4c671454e83adb179694dc58da50aac84"
+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 31 (2026) — permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.
+
+## 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/26608/292266)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26608/304840)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **58–6** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- State Affairs — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 9 `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 145 `passage`
+- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2026-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 6 H.J. 433 `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474 `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/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+