---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding ballot question committees."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding ballot question committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "South Dakota SB 128 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Question", "Elections", "Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Frerichs", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Haverly", "Kaiser", "Peters", "Rozum", "Turbiville", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd1ec54-84a3-4fd8-9aae-79d297ab75bc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=128&Session=2018"
source_hash: "5424ba99a24d4011c95a1c38169c55d2838a29bdb32f7719d326d28c3169e786"
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 128 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding ballot question committees.

## 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=SB128P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=128)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB128ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=128)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **27–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 224 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 397 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 8. S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 642 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 669
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 776 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 S.J. 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd1ec54-84a3-4fd8-9aae-79d297ab75bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).