---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the timing of municipal elections."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the timing of municipal elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1030"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1030 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Goodwin", "Kull", "Larson", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Muckey", "Reed", "Roby", "Roe", "Sjaarda", "Uhre-Balk", "Vilhauer", "Walburg", "Wittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5686624a-3b86-4913-aad0-36da084b13a4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26520"
source_hash: "1d966a36b8d9e29731c74bb164617fb4a94dc1fbf75741f1e414f2b05f9d86c9"
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 1030 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the timing of municipal elections.

## 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/26520/292540)
2. **1030C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302458.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26520/302644)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26520/303256)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-22** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 2
- **2026-01-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0 H.J. 126 `passage`
- **2026-01-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 113
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 122 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-06** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-09** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 221
- **2026-02-10** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 235 Amendment 1030C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 236
- **2026-02-12** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 0 H.J. 315
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 343 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 298 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-19 H.J. 364 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-23 H.J. 400 `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/5686624a-3b86-4913-aad0-36da084b13a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).