---
type: "Bill"
title: "define adjournment for the counting of ballots."
description: "define adjournment for the counting of ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1125"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1125 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Dennert", "Fitzgerald", "Frye-Mueller", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kolbeck", "May", "Mulally", "Novstrup", "Overweg", "Perry", "Rohl", "Rusch", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Symens", "Wiese", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d37065-c55d-4454-82f9-0834c0550689"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21891"
source_hash: "148fdb0130363e9e40cafcf1863bd52c762e179f5e287f47e0bdda1d0cfad3b2"
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 1125 (2021) — define adjournment for the counting of ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21891/214498)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21891/218585)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **58–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-08** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 12 H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 237 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-24** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 359 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 384 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-03 H.J. 481 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2d37065-c55d-4454-82f9-0834c0550689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).