---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision."
description: "require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1140 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Constitutional Amendments", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Crabtree", "Diedrich", "Mortenson", "Schoenbeck", "Venhuizen", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333b6323-9ea8-423f-83fc-e909493bf75a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23830"
source_hash: "df9cd044ba6296ac5a504342f24c845978485a034546ce62ccd989205cdfca1c"
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 HB 1140 (2023) — require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision.

## 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/23830/246320)
2. **1140A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/247874.pdf)
3. **1140D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248524.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23830/248709)
5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23830/248127)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23830/250626)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 160 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-01** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1140A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2023-02-03** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 223
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 233 Amendment 1140D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 233
- **2023-02-07** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 214 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-27** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 369
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 545 `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/333b6323-9ea8-423f-83fc-e909493bf75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).