---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain political parties to be classified under alternative political status, to revise certain provisions regarding nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize certain political parties to be classified under alternative political status, to revise certain provisions regarding nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1286"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1286 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Political Party"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartling", "Curd", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hawley", "Maher", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/434003a4-cf64-4483-9ba5-d5a743e23bdf"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1286&Session=2018"
source_hash: "f0ae81e7995bc4f8094739cbaa4547e08acf52a418005fb7c81c621c7cc1617f"
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 1286 (2018) — authorize certain political parties to be classified under alternative political status, to revise certain provisions regarding nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=1286)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1286)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1286)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=1286)
5. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286SST.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=1286)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1286ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1286)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **26–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **8–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **59–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartling — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 284 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4. H.J. 326 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 362
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 406
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 492
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 527
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 581 Amendment 1286xa
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 0. H.J. 586 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 586 Amendment 1286fta
- **2018-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 601 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1286ff `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 686 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 729 Amendment 1286wa
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 8. S.J. 730 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 748
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed H.J. 731
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 758 Amendment Cc1286a
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 5. H.J. 760
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 762 Amendment cc1286a
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 771
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 790
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 788
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 791 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 H.J. 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/434003a4-cf64-4483-9ba5-d5a743e23bdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).