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 timing and publication requirements for the statewide voter registration file by specifying that weekly updates must be recorded "each Monday by before 11:59 p.m. central time" and that the historical archive must be "published and maintained on" the website (rather than just "published to"), NARROWING the bill to ensure consistent, transparent publication schedules for voter registration data.
This amendment is a technical enrollment that removes House engrossing markup and legislative notes while finalizing the bill for signature, with one substantive clarification: it changes the voter registration file update requirement from "a weekly update" language to simply posting "the complete statewide voter registration file" before the Monday deadline, and it corrects a punctuation error in § 12-4-41 that awkwardly joined two prohibitions. The changes do not substantively shift the bill's original purpose of regulating statewide voter registration file publication.
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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Concurred in amendments
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended
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State Affairs — Do Pass