South Dakota voters must now provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote, replacing the previous system that only required meeting general voter qualifications. The bill defines what counts as sufficient evidence of citizenship and removes the old voter qualification sections that didn't explicitly require citizenship documentation. This makes South Dakota's voter registration process more stringent by adding a citizenship verification requirement.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 550
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 510
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543
Signed by the President S.J. 485
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3. H.J. 513
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1.
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 387
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 315
Senate Motion to amend S.J. 315
Senate Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 310
State Affairs Report out of committee without recommendation as amended
Senate Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7) Senate State Affairs S.J. 269
State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3. S.J. 23
State Affairs Motion to amend S.J. 23
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass
Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Deferred to the 41st legislative day