---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to declare an emergency."
description: "require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "South Dakota SB 175 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Emergency Clause", "Residency", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Carley", "Ismay", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Perry", "Rice", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a66e61-0c8e-492b-97f1-e599e7ad2b94"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27075"
source_hash: "60f878b95ddcf511a5d97613369590c04bbd5a9d4c2727ac62c1e686f0c03cfe"
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 175 (2026) — require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote 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/27075/299323)
2. **175C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302621.pdf)
3. **175D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303751.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27075/304148)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27075/303627)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27075/306296)

## Votes

- Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-11** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 23 Amendment 175C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11** State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3 S.J. 23
- **2026-02-17** Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) , Passed, S.J. 269
- **2026-02-17** State Affairs Report out of committee without recommendation as amended , Passed,
- **2026-02-19** Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 310
- **2026-02-19** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 315 Amendment 175D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 315
- **2026-02-20** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 387 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 513
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 485 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 550 `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/d7a66e61-0c8e-492b-97f1-e599e7ad2b94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).