---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the signature requirements for the nominating petitions for certain elected offices."
description: "revise the signature requirements for the nominating petitions for certain elected offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "South Dakota SB 183 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lake", "Rounds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab969d0c-8299-4006-b1f2-ab71c61f6b19"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=183&Session=2020"
source_hash: "8c0bb6e13270bd9646b3d3ca900cf8e8b0be0358edfee665698c02e17e46f978"
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 183 (2020) — revise the signature requirements for the nominating petitions for certain elected offices.

## 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=SB183P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=183)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB183S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=183)
3. **Senate Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB183SLO.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Local Government&Bill=183)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB183ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=183)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lake — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-19** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 183A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-21** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 306
- **2020-02-24** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 325 Amendment 183C
- **2020-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 326 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** First Reading House H.J. 387
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 477
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 1. H.J. 497 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 25, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab969d0c-8299-4006-b1f2-ab71c61f6b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).