---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish provisions as to how campaign contribution limits apply to certain aggregate contributions."
description: "establish provisions as to how campaign contribution limits apply to certain aggregate contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "South Dakota SB 8 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartling", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Soli", "Sutton", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb33a1c8-cb29-4267-a3fb-4824c5775f32"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=8&Session=2018"
source_hash: "caf9026fce059daf940282516c0fb1fb5db5434467caf1f90c0d7fae1d0e36de"
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 8 (2018) — establish provisions as to how campaign contribution limits apply to certain aggregate contributions.

## 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=SB8H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=8)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=8)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=8)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartling — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Soli — primary (person)
- Sutton — 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. 187 `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** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 624
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 648 Amendment 8wa
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2. H.J. 648 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 689
- **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 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/fb33a1c8-cb29-4267-a3fb-4824c5775f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).