---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the documentation required for voter registration."
description: "revise the documentation required for voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1054"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1054 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b9fda1-6c6f-4fa2-ab21-dffcb2868af2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1054&Session=2020"
source_hash: "5a319b544fad3bbc7fca5c53e77c06cc83329f7bd0076d7071191e407f4d8bab"
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 1054 (2020) — revise the documentation required for voter registration.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1054P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1054)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1054H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=1054)
3. **House Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1054HLO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Local Government&Bill=1054)
4. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1054SST.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=1054)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1054ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1054)

## Votes

- Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee - 2020 — **44–22** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **49–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **62–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-21** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 37 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-23** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1054A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 65
- **2020-01-29** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 86
- **2020-02-04** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 119
- **2020-02-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 171
- **2020-02-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 218 Amendment 1054G
- **2020-02-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18. H.J. 218 Amendment 1054I
- **2020-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 5. H.J. 219 `passage`
- **2020-02-07** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 168 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-12** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1054J `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1054K `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1054O `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 22. H.J. 503
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 502
- **2020-03-09** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 470
- **2020-03-11** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 1. H.J. 555
- **2020-03-11** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 0. S.J. 490
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 541
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 H.J. 618 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 620
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 25, 2020 H.J. 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1b9fda1-6c6f-4fa2-ab21-dffcb2868af2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).