republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/hb-1208.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	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.	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.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	HB 1208	South Dakota HB 1208 (2025)	bill	Absentee Voting Delayed Effective Date Elections Residency Voting	enacted	Andera Baxter Jensen (Phil) Kayser Nelson Odenbach Overweg Peterson (Sue)	6	16	5	2025-02-03	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25806	8d6f7c7ca625a91aa0c844dd7a21045d1fdf37ae7e4bd0c862551bdd31b29d6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 1208B (committee substitute) — source
3. 1208I (committee substitute) — source
4. House State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/6b125c5f-0c3d-476b-a2d4-d6a45245dda7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).