---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment."
description: "provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 114"
citation: "South Dakota SB 114 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Aylward", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Lems", "Pischke", "Schwans", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67d46ceb-90fb-4869-a0e2-34e0d9af47dc"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26563"
source_hash: "eae47ab167fd165f58a54abc935fc8ff037dbdbdf77dd5b7812e0b7bfa3f61d7"
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 114 (2026) — provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment.

## 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/26563/296646)
2. **114B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/298601.pdf)
3. **114C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/298700.pdf)
4. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26563/298862)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26563/305057)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **61–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schwans — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 92 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 9 Amendment 114B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 9 Amendment 114C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 9
- **2026-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 9
- **2026-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 162
- **2026-02-03** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 208 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 17 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4 H.J. 448
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 478 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 441 `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/67d46ceb-90fb-4869-a0e2-34e0d9af47dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).