---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend the reasons for challenging an individual's eligibility to vote."
description: "amend the reasons for challenging an individual's eligibility to vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "South Dakota SB 30 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Residency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39667992-f268-4a40-a67a-a4e8bdf1a5af"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26606"
source_hash: "a16caf84aa555df06456be1f3d93c5185b798c111f0405113f9ed12384f6c125"
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 30 (2026) — amend the reasons for challenging an individual's eligibility to vote.

## 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/26606/292265)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26606/304839)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 145 `passage`
- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 5 H.J. 433 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422 `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/39667992-f268-4a40-a67a-a4e8bdf1a5af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).