---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the inclusion of certain information on a candidate's nominating petition or on a ballot question petition."
description: "require the inclusion of certain information on a candidate's nominating petition or on a ballot question petition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1256 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Elections", "Legislature and Statutes", "Petitions", "Residency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen", "Manhart", "Perry", "Pischke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fc5b38-b112-49a2-92d5-bc4f4c9be98c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26143"
source_hash: "9aad075b76af80a14feb549681078b3671323e925fdb8a62821a17bf88c9c003"
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 1256 (2025) — require the inclusion of certain information on a candidate's nominating petition or on a ballot question petition.

## 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/26143/280864)
2. **1256A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281506.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26143/281996)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26143/284379)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 199
- **2025-02-06** Referred to H.J. 213 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1256A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2025-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 9 H.J. 328
- **2025-02-20** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 321 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-06** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 12 S.J. 494
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 522 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 H.J. 536 `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/82fc5b38-b112-49a2-92d5-bc4f4c9be98c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).