---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration."
description: "permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "South Dakota SB 31 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Delayed Effective Date", "Election Verification", "Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26608"
source_hash: "cb5aca91323a2435b7bad6cbce3c17f4c671454e83adb179694dc58da50aac84"
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 31 (2026) — permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.

## 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/26608/292266)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26608/304840)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **58–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 145 `passage`
- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 6 H.J. 433 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474 `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/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).