---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject."
description: "require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "South Dakota SB 92 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiated Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Bahmuller", "Crabtree", "Gosch", "Hulse", "Jordan", "Larson", "Muckey", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b143d08-79f4-4c98-bd19-ed9f01fc1d4d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25965"
source_hash: "5f76d32362fbc428dc9d49567245e768914b2ee3eb016f73339982316c2554a5"
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 92 (2025) — require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject.

## 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/25965/276834)
2. **92A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281732.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25965/281797)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25965/283821)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Senate S.J. 89
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 237 Amendment 92A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 238
- **2025-02-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 269 `introduction, reading-1, 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,
- **2025-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 451
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 455 `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/4b143d08-79f4-4c98-bd19-ed9f01fc1d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).