---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions pertaining to applying for an absentee ballot application and to declare an emergency."
description: "modify provisions pertaining to applying for an absentee ballot application and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "South Dakota SB 99 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee Voting", "Elections", "Emergency Clause", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Drury", "Duba", "Duffy", "Duhamel", "Massie", "Pinnow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d49b4e2-3b89-499d-baa5-b54128823f39"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25121"
source_hash: "e5c06006927b1380708ec91feca498763e1bba6d711ea43f676ae8707a46c467"
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 99 (2024) — modify provisions pertaining to applying for an absentee ballot application and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25121/260631)
2. **99A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/261196.pdf)
3. **99B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/262971.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25121/266026)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25121/262352)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25121/266730)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 99A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-24** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-29** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 191
- **2024-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 1 S.J. 205
- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 216 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-21** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 99B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 388
- **2024-02-27** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 423
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-04 S.J. 464 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/6d49b4e2-3b89-499d-baa5-b54128823f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).