---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify signature requirements on petitions regarding the change of form of government in municipalities."
description: "clarify signature requirements on petitions regarding the change of form of government in municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1275"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1275 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weisgram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/949d701f-0d41-4c23-bff6-ebc868b16831"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23062"
source_hash: "25e9b2f98e5e8ebf0ee4cf644fa6d519bc4d65773223e757556463169b9ea2f7"
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 1275 (2022) — clarify signature requirements on petitions regarding the change of form of government in municipalities.

## Version chain

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

1. **1275A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232792.pdf)
2. **1275C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233162.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **63–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1275A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3
- **2022-02-10** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 273 Amendment 1275C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3 H.J. 273
- **2022-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 240 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-16** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 295 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 426 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 386 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-25 H.J. 474 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-07 H.J. 594 `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/949d701f-0d41-4c23-bff6-ebc868b16831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).