---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding challenges to petition signatures."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding challenges to petition signatures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1304 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiative and Referendum", "Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Curd", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Heinemann", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Lake", "Maher", "Mickelson", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Stevens", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb23591-3f39-4ff9-a18a-cc715c0946c1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1304&Session=2018"
source_hash: "3e5d65c317a6bd261dc3d55e6b306ccb717664d32026b4f4ed533bd10a055cfa"
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 1304 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding challenges to petition signatures.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1304H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1304)
2. **House State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1304HST.htm&Session=2018&Version=House State Affairs&Bill=1304)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1304P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1304)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1304ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1304)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **29–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mickelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Willadsen — 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. 288 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1304oa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 364 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 429 Amendment 1304wa
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 429 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 429 Amendment 1304wta
- **2018-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 465 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 652 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 691
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5. S.J. 731 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 737
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 759
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2:50 p.m., March 8, 2018. H.J. 747 `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/6fb23591-3f39-4ff9-a18a-cc715c0946c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).