---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the validation of absentee ballot signatures."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the validation of absentee ballot signatures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1105"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1105 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballots", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Ewing", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johnson", "Lust", "Rounds", "Soholt", "Turbiville"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4c2fa9-2654-43a1-8da2-cc7a5d18d011"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1105&Session=2018"
source_hash: "e259340c23ddb4d19666146cc03956be0b1ea844e3475d2ae3ac5693575bd756"
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 1105 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the validation of absentee ballot signatures.

## 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=HB1105P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1105)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1105ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1105)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1026, HB 1038, HB 1039, HB 1080, HB 1105, SB 141, SB 146, SB 154, HB 1102 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1095, HB 1097, HB 1101, HB 1105, SB 18 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 113 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-24** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 164 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-25** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 208 `passage`
- **2018-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 271 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 370 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 382
- **2018-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on February 12, 2018 H.J. 403 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15** Signed by the Governor on February 14, 2018 H.J. 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c4c2fa9-2654-43a1-8da2-cc7a5d18d011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).