---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions related to party affiliation on voter registration cards."
description: "revise certain provisions related to party affiliation on voter registration cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "South Dakota SB 144 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Voter Registration", "Voters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Bolin", "Curd", "DiSanto", "Ewing", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Haugaard", "Langer", "Latterell", "Maher", "Netherton", "Novstrup", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Rhoden", "Soholt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de73b8b-7200-4643-b388-e9ac894b59b1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=144&Session=2018"
source_hash: "d43b57632dd5c2a6350d41b5dea0e4deac9ea43247e2576c6bb8b75c114bb2e6"
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 144 (2018) — revise certain provisions related to party affiliation on voter registration cards.

## 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=SB144P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=144)
2. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB144SST.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=144)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB144ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=144)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018SB 144, SB 212 — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1018, HB 1023, SB 153, SB 209, HB 1115, SB 144 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Netherton — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Soholt — 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. 228 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 144fa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 362 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 401 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 390 `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`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 0. H.J. 667 `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 9, 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/3de73b8b-7200-4643-b388-e9ac894b59b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).