---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions pertaining to the compensation of a recount board."
description: "modify provisions pertaining to the compensation of a recount board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1126 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Fitzgerald", "Hulse", "Perry", "Reimer", "Walburg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381e09fb-4a72-4550-885d-bc55a9b20ed7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25985"
source_hash: "975d424da369a581a8539f813247e190d1792ba02b7951de687191b3ca90980b"
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 1126 (2025) — modify provisions pertaining to the compensation of a recount board.

## 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/25985/278281)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25985/283837)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First read in House and referred to H.J. 144 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-04** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 203 `passage`
- **2025-02-06** First Reading Senate S.J. 196
- **2025-02-10** Referred to S.J. 219 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 474 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 H.J. 492 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 553 `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/381e09fb-4a72-4550-885d-bc55a9b20ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).