---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting."
description: "modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1165"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1165 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee Voting", "Elections", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Crabtree", "May", "Perry", "Reimer", "Stalzer", "Stevens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8334c6cf-ed03-470a-ae9c-ffd98c08af93"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24128"
source_hash: "aeb425a731571f071172f431a1e84086f17e769b9dd62776f563fc4ecf6624cb"
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 1165 (2023) — modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting.

## 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/24128/246683)
2. **1165B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248371.pdf)
3. **1165C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249903.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24128/248488)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24128/249932)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24128/250819)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **57–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **57–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — 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
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1165B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2023-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11 H.J. 249
- **2023-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 226 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-22** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1165C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2023-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 338
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 358
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11 H.J. 428
- **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/8334c6cf-ed03-470a-ae9c-ffd98c08af93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).