---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the process for requesting a veteran's certificate of discharge from a county register of deeds."
description: "revise the process for requesting a veteran's certificate of discharge from a county register of deeds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "South Dakota SB 35 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Records and Files", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/969910a0-b021-4ba3-a44a-4bdc40dbe23b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26706"
source_hash: "609d31efaeaa5254770bcde6868caf5e040e13137b5372f827eaa0482cd9b7b2"
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 35 (2026) — revise the process for requesting a veteran's certificate of discharge from a county register of deeds.

## 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/26706/292542)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26706/305612)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Military and Veterans Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-04** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-06** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 213 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** First read in House and referred to House Military and Veterans Affairs H.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 3
- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 470 `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/969910a0-b021-4ba3-a44a-4bdc40dbe23b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).