---
type: "Bill"
title: "enhance the penalty for petition circulation perjury."
description: "enhance the penalty for petition circulation perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Legislature and Statutes", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bfeca1-6661-4fac-91e7-066ed94e75bf"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23997"
source_hash: "9b71b01236778a069183590f1465e4115d41b2b4011819e263a0acfe7ec6fc44"
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 46 (2023) — enhance the penalty for petition circulation perjury.

## 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/23997/242578)
2. **46C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/244512.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23997/244658)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23997/250086)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 46C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2023-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-23** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 91
- **2023-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 105
- **2023-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 104 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 367
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-01 S.J. 387 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/12bfeca1-6661-4fac-91e7-066ed94e75bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).