---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding information provided to ballot question committees."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding information provided to ballot question committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "South Dakota SB 77 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Question", "Campaign Finance", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bolin", "Campbell", "Frerichs", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Otten (Ernie)", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Willadsen", "Wismer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddecc3bd-ef5b-4f9c-91c3-f982774ce29e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=77&Session=2018"
source_hash: "c833128008c5f5c68fe78aceb6d7ceeefb7885475a3559957f190efb349f7b0e"
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 77 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding information provided to ballot question committees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB77CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=77)
2. **House State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB77HST.htm&Session=2018&Version=House State Affairs&Bill=77)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB77P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=77)
4. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB77SST.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=77)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB77ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=77)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–2** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **31–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **57–9** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **56–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsidered - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day - 2018 — **8–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Wismer — 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** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 77wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1. S.J. 168 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 231 `passage`
- **2018-01-25** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 207 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 77oa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4.
- **2018-02-28** State Affairs Reconsidered, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0.
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 77ob
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Title amended, Passed H.J. 676 Amendment 77ota
- **2018-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 9. H.J. 709 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 740
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 735
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 740 Amendment Cc77a
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 9. H.J. 755
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 754 Amendment cc77a
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1. S.J. 770
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 790
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 780 `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/ddecc3bd-ef5b-4f9c-91c3-f982774ce29e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).