republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/sb-185.md

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Bill	amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified.	amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	SB 185	South Dakota SB 185 (2025)	bill	Election Verification Elections Voting	enacted	Garcia Hughes Hulse Manhart Perry Soye	6	17	4	2025-02-03	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/3f6bf173-6e83-48d1-8d46-a3301d9d8536	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26073	5531de875979846b16e5238c28b33b228614bd461d20f27897dd0af240a60f83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 185 (2025) — amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 185B (committee substitute) — source
3. 185C (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 69–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Garcia — primary (person)
• Hughes — primary (person)
• Hulse — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Soye — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 151 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-12 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 185B amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
• 2025-02-18 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 278
• 2025-02-19 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 300 Amendment 185C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 302
• 2025-02-20 First read in House and referred to H.J. 344 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-03 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-03-03 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 committee-passage
• 2025-03-03 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2025-03-04 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 451
• 2025-03-05 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 463
• 2025-03-06 Signed by the President S.J. 473 passage
• 2025-03-06 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 passage
• 2025-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-31 Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f6bf173-6e83-48d1-8d46-a3301d9d8536. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).