---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding political party status and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding political party status and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1012 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Political Party"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c8f7f5-8c42-4013-a4cd-99dc85266066"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1012&Session=2018"
source_hash: "0aa63c965c118f8a9657799a4083f5aac845d8490a89576ef48b34cf4ccbad24"
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 1012 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding political party status and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1012P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1012)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1012ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1012)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 19 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to House State Affairs, Passed H.J. 73 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-24** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 164 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 215
- **2018-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 296 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 596 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 618 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 653
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 704
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2018 H.J. 701 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83c8f7f5-8c42-4013-a4cd-99dc85266066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).