SB175

The amendment added "and to declare an emergency" to the bill's title and substantively revised the citizenship verification requirements by clarifying that individuals already registered as voters in another South Dakota county are exempt from the new documentation requirement, which NARROWS the scope of the citizenship proof mandate while adding an emergency declaration mechanism to the bill's purpose.

The amendment restructured the bill's voter registration requirements by reorganizing the proof-of-citizenship standards into a new section and clarifying that applicants must present specific documents (such as a driver's license issued after July 1, 2025, state ID, tribal ID, or copies of birth certificates/passports) to demonstrate citizenship. This change STRENGTHENS the bill's original purpose by making the citizenship verification process more explicit and detailed, though it also shifts focus from simply declaring an emergency to establishing concrete documentation requirements.

The amendment made minor technical and formatting changes to convert the bill from its engrossed form to its enrolled (final passed) form, such as updating the bill number designation and removing markup indicators, without altering the substantive requirements that voters provide proof of U.S. citizenship to register.