---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions pertaining to the observation of the conduct of an election."
description: "revise provisions pertaining to the observation of the conduct of an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1182"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1182 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Election Verification", "Elections", "Penalty", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Chaffee", "Duhamel", "Perry", "Stevens", "Wangsness", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5166bef-93d2-4d80-a488-c562b072753e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24504"
source_hash: "2ef543e07bfbd905a113d14675e9ea282cbbc373077ca244c63f1056bf631131"
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 1182 (2024) — revise provisions pertaining to the observation of the conduct of an election.

## 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/24504/262790)
2. **1182B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/264519.pdf)
3. **1182D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265017.pdf)
4. **1182E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265051.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24504/265169)
6. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24504/264617)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24504/266216)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **54–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 176 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-05** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1182B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2024-02-07** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 283 Amendment 1182D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, H.J. 284
- **2024-02-08** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 295 Amendment 1182E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 10 H.J. 296
- **2024-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 297 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 387
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 393 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 H.J. 410 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 H.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/b5166bef-93d2-4d80-a488-c562b072753e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).