republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/hb-1049.md

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Bill	establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet.	establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	HB 1049	South Dakota HB 1049 (2020)	bill	Ballot Measures Elections Executive/Judiciary Request	enacted		2	15	4	2020-01-14	2020-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/05fefda7-6f37-4c8c-8d49-85b25e13978b	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1049&Session=2020	006238f52207f5f5fa80cc7ec8b45d0d5904012d1a277f39336e14be04186906	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1049 (2020) — establish a maximum on the number of words contained in a statement of a proponent or opponent for the ballot question pamphlet.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• • 2020HB 1049, HB 1052, HB 1049, HB 1052 — 65–2 (pass) · lower
• • 2020HB 1005, HB 1049, HB 1052, HB 1005, HB 1049, HB 1052 — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2020 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 6–0 (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
• 2020-01-15 Referred to House Local Government H.J. 19 referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-01-21 Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-01-21 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-01-22 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 43 passage
• 2020-01-23 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 67 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-01-27 Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-01-28 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 100 passage
• 2020-01-29 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 88
• 2020-01-30 Signed by the President S.J. 122
• 2020-02-04 Delivered to the Governor on February 04, 2020 H.J. 113 executive-receipt
• 2020-02-07 Signed by the Governor on February 06, 2020 H.J. 220 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05fefda7-6f37-4c8c-8d49-85b25e13978b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).