republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/hb-1144.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	remove the requirement for a ballot election in township elections if candidates are unopposed.	remove the requirement for a ballot election in township elections if candidates are unopposed.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	HB 1144	South Dakota HB 1144 (2020)	bill	Elections Townships	enacted	Hansen Pischke	2	14	4	2020-01-30	2020-02-25	openstates	ocd-bill/c940947b-d6c7-47c4-bc10-551b4f718ffb	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1144&Session=2020	9ac544362555964102636516c677808ae3ef3e0e5cc864e07f4716ae41c307a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1144 (2020) — remove the requirement for a ballot election in township elections if candidates are unopposed.

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

• Do Pass - 2020 — 61–5 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• • 2020HB 1020, HB 1066, HB 1075, HB 1144, HB 1020, HB 1075, HB 1144, HB 1066 — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass - 2020 — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hansen — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30 First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 106 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-04 Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5. H.J. 184 passage
• 2020-02-06 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 157 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-12 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-12 Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. committee-passage
• 2020-02-12 Certified uncontested, placed on consent
• 2020-02-13 Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 230 passage
• 2020-02-18 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 304
• 2020-02-19 Signed by the President S.J. 259
• 2020-02-20 Delivered to the Governor on February 20, 2020 H.J. 326 executive-receipt
• 2020-02-25 Signed by the Governor on February 24, 2020 H.J. 373 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c940947b-d6c7-47c4-bc10-551b4f718ffb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).