---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting."
description: "require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "South Dakota SB 73 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Motor Vehicles", "Residency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulse", "Manhart"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a71465-019e-40dd-9da1-3fb0a72b5462"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611"
source_hash: "9f7767bfc2266ff6d962252c9a785495200af9f66f81cbe26bd4905e37182276"
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 73 (2025) — require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.

## 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/25611/275203)
2. **73A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/276838.pdf)
3. **73C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/277112.pdf)
4. **73D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281145.pdf)
5. **73E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283044.pdf)
6. **73F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283174.pdf)
7. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611/283800)
8. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611/283154)
9. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611/282942)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611/284463)

## Votes

- Reconsidered — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulse — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First Reading Senate S.J. 31
- **2025-01-17** Referred to S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-24** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 73C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-24** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 73A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-24** State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
- **2025-02-21** State Affairs Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-24** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 73D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3 S.J. 1
- **2025-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 375
- **2025-02-25** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 371 Amendment 73E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 410 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 23 Amendment 73F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 24
- **2025-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 24
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 478
- **2025-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 508
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 521 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 540 `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/45a71465-019e-40dd-9da1-3fb0a72b5462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).