---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot."
description: "repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "South Dakota SB 89 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Elections", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Baxter", "Ismay", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Larson", "Moore", "Pischke", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/947ae75c-28fa-4878-9455-2fd14ac76f3c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25797"
source_hash: "fca9266d979cdd45b9d0fc080bd19e43ac12d9e0236bc401a5e22e0154bb8e8e"
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 89 (2025) — repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot.

## 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/25797/276655)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25797/284022)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Senate S.J. 79
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 165 `passage`
- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 202
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 239 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, 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/947ae75c-28fa-4878-9455-2fd14ac76f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).