---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding voter registration."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "South Dakota SB 76 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Elections", "Local Government", "Tribal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bordeaux", "Dennert", "Frerichs", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Langer", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3035a277-5159-4238-a31b-9b5e848c7afd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=76&Session=2018"
source_hash: "7e8eb7e3cd2da89f0bec1386d7a8ad63c0c4ebf0fee3544dd8f88d13b8cab93c"
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 76 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding voter registration.

## 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=SB76H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=76)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB76P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=76)
3. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB76SST.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=76)
4. **Style and Form Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB76SFV.htm&Session=2018&Version=Style and Form Veto&Bill=76)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB76ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=76)

## Votes

- Approval of style and form veto - 2018 — **56–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **55–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Approval of style and form veto - 2018 — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-31** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 76ab `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-31** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** State Affairs Title amended, Passed S.J. 285 Amendment 76ata
- **2018-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 355 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 333 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1. 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 Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 683 Amendment 76xa
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 9. H.J. 683 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 740
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 759
- **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** Vetoed for Style and Form S.J. 793
- **2018-03-26** Approval of style and form veto, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 795
- **2018-03-26** Delivered Style and Form
- **2018-03-26** Approval of style and form veto, Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 7. H.J. 800
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 26, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3035a277-5159-4238-a31b-9b5e848c7afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).