---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "South Dakota SB 185 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Verification", "Elections", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Hughes", "Hulse", "Manhart", "Perry", "Soye"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f6bf173-6e83-48d1-8d46-a3301d9d8536"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26073"
source_hash: "5531de875979846b16e5238c28b33b228614bd461d20f27897dd0af240a60f83"
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 185 (2025) — amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified.

## 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/26073/279296)
2. **185B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281838.pdf)
3. **185C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281952.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26073/282514)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26073/281905)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26073/284051)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 151 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 185B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-18** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 278
- **2025-02-19** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 300 Amendment 185C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 302
- **2025-02-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 344 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-04** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 451
- **2025-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 463
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 473 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/3f6bf173-6e83-48d1-8d46-a3301d9d8536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).