republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-159.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	revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.	revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 159	South Dakota SB 159 (2026)	bill	Domestic Relations Licensure Marriage Minors	enacted	Grove Perry Pischke Randolph Voita	8	18	6	2026-01-29	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/04c3392c-d39e-4e20-84a2-276f248b73b6	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26940	76ab3eca3120dd2889da97d45246bf082b41d8b8b5d5777d7074f95e0dcf9ee8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 159 (2026) — revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 159A (committee substitute) — source
3. 159C (committee substitute) — source
4. 159E (committee substitute) — source
5. House State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Judiciary Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 7–5 (pass) · lower
• Motion to amend — 4–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 25–8 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 40–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Grove — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Pischke — primary (person)
• Randolph — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 140 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-19 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2026-02-19 Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 S.J. 25 Amendment 159A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-19 Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 25
• 2026-02-23 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 355
• 2026-02-24 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 377 Amendment 159C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 8 S.J. 379
• 2026-02-25 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 445 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-03-02 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 159E amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-03-02 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 5
• 2026-03-05 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 40, NAYS 27 H.J. 526
• 2026-03-10 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 512
• 2026-03-11 Signed by the President S.J. 525 passage
• 2026-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 passage
• 2026-03-12 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 539 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04c3392c-d39e-4e20-84a2-276f248b73b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).