---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration."
description: "revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "South Dakota SB 139 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Promulgation of Rules", "Residency", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Deibert", "Duba", "Emery", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Schoenbeck", "Shorma", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7759d8fe-aa44-4a14-9e46-d65e579f6af3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24232"
source_hash: "046f61fbddfd2014fda4df639026c5edacdecf40bd50068c2e354d733b1b68ec"
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 139 (2023) — revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.

## 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/24232/246553)
2. **139F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248860.pdf)
3. **139G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249170.pdf)
4. **139H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250596.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24232/250668)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24232/249319)
7. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24232/248978)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24232/250983)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **68–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 124 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-08** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 139F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-13** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 252 Amendment 139G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 252
- **2023-02-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 292 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-24** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 395
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 402 Amendment 139H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 402
- **2023-03-02** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 410
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 430 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 461 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 495 `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/7759d8fe-aa44-4a14-9e46-d65e579f6af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).