---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the process of filling vacancies for candidates for elected office."
description: "revise the process of filling vacancies for candidates for elected office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "South Dakota SB 145 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Hoffman", "Schneider", "Stalzer", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f86ce8-a25b-4a96-be0c-db55c426fb31"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21992"
source_hash: "c948f1de230772f3dea1b3ff8d1f0216e2a48a9e01b086ea351f803e84203420"
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 145 (2021) — revise the process of filling vacancies for candidates for elected office.

## 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/21992/214714)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21992/219931)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 135 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 3
- **2021-02-18** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 296 `passage`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading House H.J. 331
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-04** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 508 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 465 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 476 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/c0f86ce8-a25b-4a96-be0c-db55c426fb31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).