---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the duties of presidential electors."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the duties of presidential electors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "South Dakota SB 101 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code Commission", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Hulse", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Larson", "Perry", "Reimer", "Voight"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1f82e7-a494-493e-8f88-eea8e79c8267"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26912"
source_hash: "bcb77bd211f62b393e70516e56b077d367eeb775195a7fdd5481128e00065154"
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 101 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the duties of presidential electors.

## 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/26912/295392)
2. **101A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297330.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26912/297653)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26912/305261)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 66 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-26** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 7 Amendment 101A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 7
- **2026-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 7
- **2026-01-28** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 131
- **2026-01-29** First Reading House H.J. 182
- **2026-02-02** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 461
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 493 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474 `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/fc1f82e7-a494-493e-8f88-eea8e79c8267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).