---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet."
description: "establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1049"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1049 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05fefda7-6f37-4c8c-8d49-85b25e13978b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1049&Session=2020"
source_hash: "006238f52207f5f5fa80cc7ec8b45d0d5904012d1a277f39336e14be04186906"
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 HB 1049 (2020) — establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1049P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1049)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1049ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1049)

## Votes

- - 2020HB 1049, HB 1052, HB 1049, HB 1052 — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1005, HB 1049, HB 1052, HB 1005, HB 1049, HB 1052 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-15** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 19 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-21** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 43 `passage`
- **2020-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 67 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-27** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-01-28** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 100 `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 88
- **2020-01-30** Signed by the President S.J. 122
- **2020-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on February 04, 2020 H.J. 113 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-07** Signed by the Governor on February 06, 2020 H.J. 220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05fefda7-6f37-4c8c-8d49-85b25e13978b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).