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type: "Bill"
title: "require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "South Dakota SB 68 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Elections", "Penalty", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Aylward", "Baxter", "Blanc", "Carley", "Goodwin", "Greenfield", "Grove", "Howard", "Hulse", "Ismay", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Manhart", "Massie", "Moore", "Mulally", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Rice", "Schaefbauer", "Schwans", "Sjaarda", "Voight"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d0b7898-725e-488a-a5ba-7ed99c9a5e55"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822"
source_hash: "666d94e110f7467b3f657034e91ca06800fabe0d93cf4e9844ebcbe7a7d3b388"
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 SB 68 (2025) — require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822/274660)
2. **68D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/279405.pdf)
3. **68F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283674.pdf)
4. **68K** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284296.pdf)
5. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822/284521)
6. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822/283712)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822/279894)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25822/284523)
## Votes
- Do Pass Amended — **323** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **636** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **664** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **322** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **121** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **54** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andera — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Blanc — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schwans — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2025-01-22** Referred to S.J. 72 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-29** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 135
- **2025-02-03** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 154 Amendment 68D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 156
- **2025-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 185 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 68F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 482
- **2025-03-11** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 508
- **2025-03-11** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 522
- **2025-03-12** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 68K `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2025-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 537
- **2025-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 523
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 533 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 548 `passage`
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d0b7898-725e-488a-a5ba-7ed99c9a5e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).