---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration file."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration file."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "South Dakota SB 214 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d30abcd9-03aa-410f-ae64-098c7c020e8b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27258"
source_hash: "f6801fdfe6530ad0855f68c3276833c07f6ed9498eab1592fa1c35e56cea9452"
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 214 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration file.

## 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/27258/300606)
2. **214A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303345.pdf)
3. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27258/305119)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27258/306439)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **36–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** First Reading Senate S.J. 170
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 182 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 21 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 21
- **2026-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 233 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 214A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 36, NAYS 30 H.J. 489
- **2026-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 480
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 505 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 `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/d30abcd9-03aa-410f-ae64-098c7c020e8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).