---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "South Dakota SB 17 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Elections", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Foreign Persons", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b32ec859-0876-41a3-9a91-96e45b6d6cd6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26795"
source_hash: "204095642ba50abf894f2521e667e0f1fb8f6b3df3fde1cba67df8da5e6b814d"
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 17 (2026) — prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## 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/26795/292092)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26795/306018)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-21** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 85 `passage`
- **2026-01-23** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 125 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 490 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 `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/b32ec859-0876-41a3-9a91-96e45b6d6cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).