---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify registration and residence requirements for voting at a township meeting."
description: "clarify registration and residence requirements for voting at a township meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1148 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Townships", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Klumb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec4b8dc5-690e-40e2-9ca6-447b840ff7f2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24244"
source_hash: "5b442308d77a44d93bbfa3cca9e9f805aff1111e54279771a2bef911c96c555e"
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 1148 (2023) — clarify registration and residence requirements for voting at a township meeting.

## 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/24244/246525)
2. **1148A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248931.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24244/249010)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24244/250492)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **57–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 264 Amendment 1148A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 10 H.J. 264
- **2023-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 235 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 13
- **2023-02-23** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 329
- **2023-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 338
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 360
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 417 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 H.J. 494 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/ec4b8dc5-690e-40e2-9ca6-447b840ff7f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).