---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance limits."
description: "revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "South Dakota SB 7 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenfield (Brock)", "Johns", "Stevens", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc179cc5-7f20-44fc-944b-9b68f97af5b8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=7&Session=2018"
source_hash: "66f268f2a6865c08f6835ee3974090d3b9a7fe048c98edf46492f854b4d39b05"
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 7 (2018) — revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance limits.

## 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=SB7P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=7)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB7ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=7)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 7, SB 154, SB 19, SB 99, SB 140 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Youngberg — 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. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-19** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 149 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 186 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 151 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 594 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 618 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 646
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 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/dc179cc5-7f20-44fc-944b-9b68f97af5b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).