---
type: "Bill"
title: "designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter."
description: "designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1208 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee Voting", "Delayed Effective Date", "Elections", "Residency", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Baxter", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kayser", "Nelson", "Odenbach", "Overweg", "Peterson (Sue)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806"
source_hash: "8d6f7c7ca625a91aa0c844dd7a21045d1fdf37ae7e4bd0c862551bdd31b29d6a"
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 1208 (2025) — designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.

## 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/25806/279505)
2. **1208B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281182.pdf)
3. **1208I** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283843.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/281248)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/284151)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806/284461)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **46–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kayser — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-07** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1208B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
- **2025-02-11** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, H.J. 257
- **2025-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 22 H.J. 270
- **2025-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 267 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-06** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1208I `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3
- **2025-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9 S.J. 484
- **2025-03-11** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 13 H.J. 519
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 553 `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/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).