---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency."
description: "provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Emergency Clause", "Legislature and Statutes", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Bartels", "Beal", "Blare", "Callies", "Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Fitzgerald", "Frye-Mueller", "Gross", "Hansen", "Heermann", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Karr", "Krohmer", "Kull", "Ladner", "May", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Novstrup", "Overweg", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Shorma", "Sjaarda", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Weisgram", "Wiik"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51924be-8826-4749-914a-4c63fc118652"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24649"
source_hash: "3efcf5e8a1ee5f36726c375b7df252e416bc518cb61b971285a0ee4f705ed5df"
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 1244 (2024) — provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency.

## 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/24649/264070)
2. **1244E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266719.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24649/266844)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24649/267253)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **60–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 213 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-14** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 348
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 9 H.J. 357 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 376 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-28** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1244E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2024-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 472
- **2024-03-05** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 10 H.J. 476
- **2024-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 495 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 507 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-07 H.J. 508 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 H.J. 514 `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/a51924be-8826-4749-914a-4c63fc118652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).