---
type: "Bill"
title: "require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions."
description: "require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "South Dakota SB 77 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Delayed Effective Date", "Elections", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Bolin", "Chaffee", "Dennert", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hansen", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Phil)", "Koth", "Mills", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Reimer", "St. John", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Weis", "Wiese", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2caf10-705a-4bc6-b485-92331aed009a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810"
source_hash: "f4aa0161c90d477b3315dcfbdae2b7a2bb325294a0643082251098068dd69e13"
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 77 (2021) — require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions.

## 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/21810/211612)
2. **77B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/214919.pdf)
3. **77G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216950.pdf)
4. **77J** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219373.pdf)
5. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810/219939)
6. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810/218812)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810/216969)
8. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810/216331)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810/220192)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted — **58–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **59–10** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **20–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Weis — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 66 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 77B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Amend the amendment , Passed,
- **2021-02-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
- **2021-02-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 209 Amendment 77G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13 S.J. 210
- **2021-02-09** First Reading House H.J. 254
- **2021-02-10** Referred to H.J. 273 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-25** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 10 H.J. 442
- **2021-03-01** House of Representatives Title amended , Passed, H.J. 443
- **2021-03-03** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 390
- **2021-03-04** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 414
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 501
- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-08** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 Amendment 77J `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2
- **2021-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 10 H.J. 537
- **2021-03-10** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 14 S.J. 470
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 478 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 567 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 494 `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/7a2caf10-705a-4bc6-b485-92331aed009a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).