SB 17 South Dakota Senate · 2025 Regular Session

clarify when a political committee must file certain campaign finance disclosure statements.

SB 17 clarifies the timing requirements for political committees in South Dakota to file campaign finance disclosure statements. The bill directly affects political committees by specifying when they must submit these reports to ensure compliance with state regulations. Key provisions establish clearer deadlines for filing, reducing ambiguity about when disclosures are required. This change aims to improve transparency in campaign finance reporting without altering the underlying obligations of political committees.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Jan 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2025

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Feb 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Senate Engrossed → Enrolled · 2 edits · Feb 5, 2025

MINOR

This bill converts a draft legislative text into its final enrolled version, adding standard certification signatures and formatting required for official passage. It does not change any substantive policy, requirements, or enforcement provisions of the original campaign finance disclosure law.

TECHNICAL

Added enrolled bill formatting including certification signatures, dates, and official state legislature headers required for final passage.

Removed browser compatibility warnings and website loading messages from the draft version.

Introduced → Senate Engrossed · 8 edits · Jan 27, 2025

MODERATE

This bill clarifies and standardizes campaign finance reporting requirements for various political entities in South Dakota. It establishes specific filing schedules for candidates, political committees, parties, and ballot question committees, ensuring consistent reporting timelines across different types of organizations. The changes help prevent confusion about when reports must be filed and what types of reports are required in even versus odd numbered years.

Scope change

The bill applies to candidates, candidate campaign committees, statewide political action committees, statewide political parties, county political parties, auxiliary organizations, and statewide ballot question committees. It clarifies reporting requirements for all these entities.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that candidates and candidate campaign committees for statewide offices must file pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and supplemental reports in even numbered years, and year-end reports in odd numbered years.

Standardized reporting requirements for legislative and county office candidates to file pre-primary reports when applicable, pre-general, year-end, and supplemental reports in even numbered years.

Clarified that statewide political action committees must file pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and supplemental reports in even numbered years, and year-end reports in odd numbered years.

Clarified that statewide political parties must file pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and supplemental reports in even numbered years, and year-end reports in odd numbered years.

Added specific requirements for county political parties and auxiliary organizations to file pre-general and supplemental reports in even numbered years.

Added detailed reporting requirements for statewide ballot question committees, including provisions for committees with no activity to report.

TIMELINE

Clarified termination report deadlines for political parties losing qualified status and ballot question committees with no activity.

ENFORCEMENT

Maintained misdemeanor penalties for violations, with subsequent offenses within a calendar year elevated to Class 1 misdemeanors.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

31–4

Passed

Total votes 35

Jan 24, 2025

D Democratic3

3 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

28 Yea 4 Nay

87% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 18, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-18 S.J. 274

executive

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by the Speaker H.J. 217

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by the President S.J. 184

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 6 H.J. 187

lower

Feb 4, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (60-6-1)

house

Feb 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Introduced

First read in House and referred to H.J. 120

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 95

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Introduced

Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 91 Amendment 17A

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (31-4)

senate

Jan 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 78

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors