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SB177 Senate Bill
Signed by Governor
2026-03-12

Clarify the requirements for marking an optical scan ballot.

Bill Details

State

South Dakota

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/27058

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Sponsors

Greg Blanc (Sen - R)
Logan Manhart (Rep - R)
Timothy Goodwin (Rep - R)
Amber Hulse (Sen - R)
Dylan Jordan (Rep - R)
Carl Perry (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-03-12 S Signed by the Governor on March 12, 2026 S.J. 529
2026-03-05 S Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2026 S.J. 477
2026-03-04 H Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516
2026-03-03 S Signed by the President S.J. 448
2026-03-02 H House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3. H.J. 475
2026-02-25 H State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1.
2026-02-25 H Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-11 H First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294
2026-02-10 S Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 235
2026-02-06 S Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 18
2026-02-06 S State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 18
2026-02-06 S State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 18 Amendment 177C
2026-02-06 S Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
2026-02-04 S Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-29 S First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141

Votes

2026-02-06 Do Pass Amended Yea: 7 Nay: 0
2026-02-10 Do Pass Amended Yea: 34 Nay: 0
2026-02-25 Do Pass Yea: 11 Nay: 1
2026-03-02 Do Pass Amended Yea: 62 Nay: 3

Committee Referrals

2026-01-29 S State Affairs
2026-02-11 H State Affairs

Amendments

2026-02-06 Senate State Affairs Amendment 177C Adopted

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-29 Introduced
2026-02-06 Comm Sub
2026-03-03 Enrolled

Subjects

Elections Voting

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