republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-177.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	clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot.	clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 177	South Dakota SB 177 (2026)	bill	Elections Voting	enacted	Blanc Goodwin Hulse Jordan Manhart Perry	4	15	3	2026-01-29	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1deb96e4-b7ff-4644-a9c8-076558691934	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27058	e1658e5aec7a7cb2ca9c8d7d39c0fa6e799d72383ee950bc832cafc9d922a4ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 177 (2026) — clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 177C (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 62–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blanc — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Hulse — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Manhart — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-06 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2026-02-06 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 18 Amendment 177C amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-06 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 18
• 2026-02-06 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 18
• 2026-02-10 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 233
• 2026-02-11 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-25 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3 H.J. 475
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the President S.J. 448 passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516 passage
• 2026-03-05 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 477 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1deb96e4-b7ff-4644-a9c8-076558691934. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).