---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the time within which a recount for a school board election must be completed."
description: "revise the time within which a recount for a school board election must be completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "South Dakota SB 138 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of School Districts", "Education", "Election Verification", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hulse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a43a1e8-8fbd-4ad0-afb5-e13b0392d3b1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26914"
source_hash: "d24be68b0be80c4a21b77140392e6051705b4953d1781506a719935909b86ad3"
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 138 (2026) — revise the time within which a recount for a school board election must be completed.

## 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/26914/297676)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26914/305237)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Senate S.J. 121
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Senate Education S.J. 143 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-12** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 11 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 11
- **2026-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 273 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 356 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 457 `passage`
- **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/0a43a1e8-8fbd-4ad0-afb5-e13b0392d3b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).