---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions relating to voter registration."
description: "revise certain provisions relating to voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "South Dakota SB 140 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Promulgation of Rules", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "Mulally", "Rehfeldt", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49301df0-f592-4bb2-bf0c-01e95548b999"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105"
source_hash: "d7afe735d0ae6c75ce00c718d72598bf2665c1614d649a97289ead16bdc31552"
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 140 (2023) — revise certain provisions relating to 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/24105/246561)
2. **140B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248365.pdf)
3. **140D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248770.pdf)
4. **140F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249887.pdf)
5. **140H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250024.pdf)
6. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105/250470)
7. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105/249915)
8. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105/249006)
9. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105/248463)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24105/250818)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — 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`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 140B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-07** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 215
- **2023-02-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 228 Amendment 140D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 229
- **2023-02-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 274 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 6 Amendment 140F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 6
- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 6
- **2023-02-24** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 374
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 392 Amendment 140H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 392
- **2023-03-01** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 387
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 417 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/49301df0-f592-4bb2-bf0c-01e95548b999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).