republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2021/sb-77.md

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Bill	require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions.	require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2021	SB 77	South Dakota SB 77 (2021)	bill	Ballot Measures Delayed Effective Date Elections Petitions	enacted	Bartels Blare Bolin Chaffee Dennert Goodwin Greenfield (Brock) Greenfield (Lana) Hansen Hoffman Jensen (Phil) Koth Mills Novstrup Otten (Ernie) Perry Peterson (Sue) Pischke Reimer St. John Stalzer Steinhauer Tidemann Weis Wiese Wiik Zikmund	9	26	6	2021-01-19	2021-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7a2caf10-705a-4bc6-b485-92331aed009a	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21810	f4aa0161c90d477b3315dcfbdae2b7a2bb325294a0643082251098068dd69e13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 77 (2021) — require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 77B (committee substitute) — source
3. 77G (committee substitute) — source
4. 77J (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference Committee Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. House Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report adopted — 58–10 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 59–10 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report adopted — 19–14 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 20–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bartels — primary (person)
• Blare — primary (person)
• Bolin — primary (person)
• Chaffee — primary (person)
• Dennert — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
• Hansen — primary (person)
• Hoffman — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Koth — primary (person)
• Mills — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)
• Reimer — primary (person)
• St. John — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Steinhauer — primary (person)
• Tidemann — primary (person)
• Weis — primary (person)
• Wiese — primary (person)
• Wiik — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-19 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 66 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-01 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-02-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-02-03 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 77B amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-03 Amend the amendment , Passed,
• 2021-02-03 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
• 2021-02-08 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 209 Amendment 77G amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-08 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13 S.J. 210
• 2021-02-09 First Reading House H.J. 254
• 2021-02-10 Referred to H.J. 273 referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-02-25 Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 committee-passage
• 2021-03-01 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 10 H.J. 442
• 2021-03-01 House of Representatives Title amended , Passed, H.J. 443
• 2021-03-03 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 390
• 2021-03-04 Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 414
• 2021-03-04 House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 501
• 2021-03-08 Scheduled for hearing
• 2021-03-08 Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 Amendment 77J amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-03-08 Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2
• 2021-03-09 House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 10 H.J. 537
• 2021-03-10 Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 14 S.J. 470
• 2021-03-11 Signed by the President S.J. 478 passage
• 2021-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 567 passage
• 2021-03-11 Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 494 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a2caf10-705a-4bc6-b485-92331aed009a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).