---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the time period during which petition sponsors may submit ballot measures to the Legislative Research Council for review and comment."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the time period during which petition sponsors may submit ballot measures to the Legislative Research Council for review and comment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "South Dakota SB 11 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiative and Referendum", "Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nesiba", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Soli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24aeb5a1-e599-486c-b68a-cfed8c877bcf"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=11&Session=2018"
source_hash: "7a06de65ba8c1561de4ff27f06fa763e2d1914274a56e4ec8d14e2bffbe0a1fc"
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 11 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the time period during which petition sponsors may submit ballot measures to the Legislative Research Council for review and comment.

## 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=SB11P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=11)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB11ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=11)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **30–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Soli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-19** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 149 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 188 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 151 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 568 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 620
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 652 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 704
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 712
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2018 S.J. 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24aeb5a1-e599-486c-b68a-cfed8c877bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).