---
type: "Bill"
title: "require an individual be registered as a voter of this state before being eligible to be a petition sponsor for a ballot measure."
description: "require an individual be registered as a voter of this state before being eligible to be a petition sponsor for a ballot measure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "South Dakota SB 106 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Elections", "Legislature and Statutes", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Carley", "Crabtree", "Deibert", "Duhamel", "Emery", "Grove", "Heermann", "Hulse", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Muckey", "Perry", "Pischke", "Reisch", "Shorma", "Sjaarda", "Venhuizen", "Vilhauer", "Voita", "Wheeler", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f73ff7-4ac9-4539-848e-53d87c527480"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25458"
source_hash: "9b200481f71a4b48906e9728c7503c6f00f939567c860ec58942d87090dfa89e"
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 106 (2025) — require an individual be registered as a voter of this state before being eligible to be a petition sponsor for a ballot measure.

## 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/25458/277575)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25458/284017)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Senate S.J. 100
- **2025-01-29** Referred to S.J. 128 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-06** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 196 `passage`
- **2025-02-07** First Reading House H.J. 226
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 240 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 473 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/d8f73ff7-4ac9-4539-848e-53d87c527480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).