---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend the period of time before which ballots and other election materials may be destroyed following an election."
description: "amend the period of time before which ballots and other election materials may be destroyed following an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "South Dakota SB 176 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hulse", "Manhart", "Perry", "Rice"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48a236a-d452-4510-b087-2f0d2a9369d8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27214"
source_hash: "5534e1ea1865522ca1e7811fd31576361c818320b67937a2a98452b4efa1913a"
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 176 (2026) — amend the period of time before which ballots and other election materials may be destroyed following an election.

## 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/27214/299331)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27214/305643)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rice — 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`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-04** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 15 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 15
- **2026-02-05** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 199 `passage`
- **2026-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 247
- **2026-02-09** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 262 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 475 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 477 `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/b48a236a-d452-4510-b087-2f0d2a9369d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).