republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2025/sb-73.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	require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.	require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2025	SB 73	South Dakota SB 73 (2025)	bill	Driver License Motor Vehicles Residency	enacted	Hulse Manhart	10	23	7	2025-01-15	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/45a71465-019e-40dd-9da1-3fb0a72b5462	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25611	9f7767bfc2266ff6d962252c9a785495200af9f66f81cbe26bd4905e37182276	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 73 (2025) — require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 73A (committee substitute) — source
3. 73C (committee substitute) — source
4. 73D (committee substitute) — source
5. 73E (committee substitute) — source
6. 73F (committee substitute) — source
7. House Transportation Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reconsidered — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 32–3 (pass) · upper
• Deferred to the 41st legislative day — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 32–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hulse — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-15 First Reading Senate S.J. 31
• 2025-01-17 Referred to S.J. 59 referral-committee
• 2025-01-24 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-01-24 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 73C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-01-24 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 73A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-01-24 State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
• 2025-02-21 State Affairs Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
• 2025-02-24 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-02-24 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 73D amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-24 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3 S.J. 1
• 2025-02-25 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 375
• 2025-02-25 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 371 Amendment 73E amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-26 First read in House and referred to H.J. 410 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2025-03-04 Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 23 Amendment 73F amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-03-04 Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 24
• 2025-03-04 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 24
• 2025-03-06 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 478
• 2025-03-11 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 508
• 2025-03-12 Signed by the President S.J. 521 passage
• 2025-03-12 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 passage
• 2025-03-13 Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 530 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-31 Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 540 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45a71465-019e-40dd-9da1-3fb0a72b5462. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).