republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-31.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	permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.	permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 31	South Dakota SB 31 (2026)	bill	Administrative Procedure Delayed Effective Date Election Verification Elections Executive/Judiciary Request Voting	enacted		2	12	4	2026-01-13	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26608	cb5aca91323a2435b7bad6cbce3c17f4c671454e83adb179694dc58da50aac84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 31 (2026) — permit the use of a confirmation letter to verify a voter's registration.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 30–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 58–6 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 10–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• State Affairs — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-01-28 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 9 committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 145 passage
• 2026-02-02 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-23 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 6 H.J. 433 passage
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the President S.J. 405 passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 passage
• 2026-03-02 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 474 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4393e44d-3901-4102-91c6-56e2e7dea9ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).