South Dakota will now publish its complete voter registration file online every Monday instead of at unspecified intervals, making the data more regularly available to the public. The state will also maintain a rolling five-year archive of these weekly voter registration files on the Secretary of State's website, free of charge, so citizens and election officials can access historical voter data.
The amendment clarifies the secretary of state's obligations by specifying that the weekly voter registration file updates must be "post[ed]" (rather than just "recorded") and that the historical archive must be "maintain[ed]" on the website (rather than just "publish[ed] to" it), which STRENGTHENS the bill by making the publication and maintenance requirements more explicit and enforceable.
The amendment converted the bill from the House State Affairs engrossed version to its enrolled final form, making technical clarifications to the voter registration file publication requirements—specifically simplifying language about the timing of weekly updates to the secretary of state's website and cleaning up punctuation in the restrictions on commercial use of voter data. This is a standard procedural finalization with no substantive shift to the bill's purpose.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 550
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 520
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553
Signed by the President S.J. 505
Senate Concurred in amendments Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 480
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 36, NAYS 30. H.J. 489
State Affairs Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 294
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 233
State Affairs Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 21
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 21
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
Senate Referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 182
First Reading Senate S.J. 170
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Cosponsors
Concurred in amendments
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended
Do Pass
State Affairs — Do Pass