---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the signature requirements for municipal elections."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the signature requirements for municipal elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "South Dakota SB 92 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Chaffee", "Ewing", "Heinert", "Novstrup", "Schoenfish", "Soholt", "York"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12500644-716c-4172-9561-49d756bbf29c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=92&Session=2019"
source_hash: "2b3e822feb07b486b1a38d9ddcbf7158c2a073f5505ba748cc26719f66e994b9"
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 92 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding the signature requirements for municipal elections.

## 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=SB92P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=92)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB92ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=92)

## Votes

- Concurred in Resolution - 2019SCR 11, SB 92, SB 163, SB 61, SB 98 — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1020, HB 1045, HB 1052, SB 92 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 166 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 273 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-07** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 302 `passage`
- **2019-02-08** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 342 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 562 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 1. H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 600
- **2019-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 647
- **2019-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2019 S.J. 630 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12500644-716c-4172-9561-49d756bbf29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).