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type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the postponement of certain elections and to declare an emergency."
description: "provide for the postponement of certain elections and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1298"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1298 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Sunset Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenfield (Brock)", "Heinert", "Langer", "Qualm", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-03-30"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44968c41-4e84-4f71-9727-b52d28185c7d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1298&Session=2020"
source_hash: "5b94678e44a78677974beca652b6cbee95edb2446df3809834728e69c51ed64e"
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 1298 (2020) — provide for the postponement of certain elections and to declare an emergency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1298P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1298)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1298CNF.html&Session=2020&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=1298)
3. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1298H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=1298)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1298S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=1298)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1298ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1298)
## Votes
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **295** (pass) · upper
- Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee - 2020 — **597** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **620** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **275** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **624** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **588** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **313** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-03-30** First Reading House H.J. 633
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 8. H.J. 643 Amendment 1298C
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 4. H.J. 644 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** Senate Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5. S.J. 570 Amendment 1298F
- **2020-03-30** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 570 `passage`
- **2020-03-30** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 572
- **2020-03-30** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 5. S.J. 574
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the President S.J. 577
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 7. H.J. 658
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 658
- **2020-03-30** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 0. H.J. 659
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 659
- **2020-03-30** Delivered to the Governor on March 31, 2020 H.J. 660 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-31** Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2020 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44968c41-4e84-4f71-9727-b52d28185c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).