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South DakotaHB 1062100th South Dakota Legislature (2025)House

amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file.

Sponsored By: Baxter, Heather (Republican), Carley, John (Republican)

Signed by Governor

ElectionsPublic Records and FilesVoting

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Free county voter records protect personal details

South Dakota county auditors must keep digital voter files open to free public inspection. Files include registration-card details, the last election voted in, and the last voter-information update date. They also include all absentee applications, mailing addresses, ballots requested, request and return dates, and absentee voting methods. Social Security numbers, driver license numbers, state nondriver ID numbers, and birth month and day stay private. Auditors must produce a complete file record by 11:59 p.m. the day before each county primary or general election. They must keep a rolling five-year archive. Purged or unregistered voters stay out of the master file, but their registration forms remain for 22 months.

Public gets weekly voter updates and archives

South Dakota's Secretary of State must maintain a computerized voter system; counties must send voter-file and absentee-log changes daily. Counties must send updated registration and election-history records by July 15 after each primary and December 15 after each general election. The Secretary must post statewide updates online each week, recorded by Monday at 11:59 p.m., including required county-file changes. A free, rolling five-year statewide archive must include the complete voter file and weekly updates. It must hide Social Security numbers, driver license numbers, state nondriver ID numbers, and birth month and day. The Secretary must set rules for maintaining files, county data transfers, finding duplicate registrations, and publishing information.

Voter lists have fee and use limits

South Dakota caps voter-list fees set by the Secretary of State's rules. Paper copies cost no more than $1,000 statewide, $100 per legislative district, or $50 per county or other local area. Updated partial paper lists cost no more than $100 statewide or $75 for a district, county, or other local area. Those partial lists cover changes within one year of buying the complete list; an electronic statewide file costs at most $225. Information from state or county voter files cannot be sold, used commercially, or posted with unrestricted internet access. Campaign activity and political polling do not count as commercial use; authorized paper-copy fees do not count as sales. Violations are Class 1 misdemeanors and can also bring civil penalties up to $2,000 per violation, paid into the general fund.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Baxter, Heather

    Republican • House

  • Carley, John

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Aylward, Aaron

    Republican • House

  • Ismay, Travis

    Republican • House

  • Jensen, Phil

    Republican • House

  • Lems, Karla J.

    Republican • House

  • Moore, Scott

    Republican • House

  • Perry, Carl

    Republican • Senate

  • Pischke, Tom

    Republican • Senate

  • Randolph, Tony

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 81

House vote • 3/11/2025

Concurred in amendments

Yes: 52 • No: 17

Senate vote • 3/10/2025

Do Pass Amended

Yes: 20 • No: 12

Senate vote • 3/10/2025

Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6

Yes: 20 • No: 14

Senate vote • 3/3/2025

Deferred to the 41st legislative day

Yes: 5 • No: 4

House vote • 1/29/2025

Do Pass Amended

Yes: 37 • No: 31

House vote • 1/27/2025

Do Pass Amended

Yes: 9 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor

    3/31/2025House

  2. Delivered to the Governor

    3/13/2025House

  3. Signed by the President

    3/13/2025Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

    3/12/2025House

  5. House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 17

    3/11/2025House

  6. Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 12

    3/10/2025Senate

  7. Senate Motion to amend, Passed

    3/10/2025Senate

  8. Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6, Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14

    3/10/2025Senate

  9. Senate State Affairs Report out of committee without recommendation, Passed

    3/6/2025Senate

  10. Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7), Passed

    3/6/2025Senate

  11. Senate State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4

    3/3/2025Senate

  12. Scheduled for hearing

    3/3/2025Senate

  13. Referred to Senate State Affairs

    2/3/2025Senate

  14. First Reading Senate

    1/30/2025Senate

  15. House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 37, NAYS 31

    1/29/2025House

  16. House State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3

    1/27/2025House

  17. House State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed

    1/27/2025House

  18. Scheduled for hearing

    1/27/2025House

  19. Referred to House State Affairs

    1/17/2025House

  20. First Reading House

    1/16/2025House

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    1/15/2025

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