---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the sorting of absentee ballots."
description: "require the sorting of absentee ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "South Dakota SB 184 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Crabtree", "Frye-Mueller", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Keintz", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "May", "Mulally", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rusch", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/583746a2-289e-4466-8d04-840b34d629d8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22355"
source_hash: "86cf3c3358257868984bfb8ebd34271c1e05ac2a5b362a3c4572e7032b78ad1e"
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 184 (2021) — require the sorting of absentee 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/22355/215994)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22355/218971)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Keintz — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 171 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 297
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 307 `passage`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 460 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `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/583746a2-289e-4466-8d04-840b34d629d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).