---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the process by which a recount may be requested."
description: "revise the process by which a recount may be requested."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "South Dakota SB 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Moore", "Perry", "Reimer", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a2f01d-4ca9-4338-a5a5-839aa1dbf96e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25376"
source_hash: "009ce749ec9a1e47779e63cdc6240527b4a0d5e61ba77848f8051dfb964197f5"
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 173 (2025) — revise the process by which a recount may be requested.

## 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/25376/279258)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25376/284187)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading Senate S.J. 137
- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 152 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 220 `passage`
- **2025-02-11** First read in House and referred to H.J. 255 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 478 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 502 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 S.J. 517 `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/e3a2f01d-4ca9-4338-a5a5-839aa1dbf96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).