SB 48 South Dakota Senate · 2025 Regular Session

modify provisions pertaining to the registration of voters.

This bill modifies South Dakota voter registration laws to clarify how residence is defined and to allow homeless individuals to register to vote. It updates the legal definition of a resident to include people who intend to stay in the state for at least thirty days before an election, while also permitting homeless voters to list addresses such as a regular homeless shelter, the county courthouse, or a general post office delivery address. The legislation ensures that individuals who do not live in a fixed, permanent structure cannot be refused registration or declared unqualified solely because of their housing situation. Additionally, the bill amends existing sections to align voter eligibility requirements with the new residence definitions and maintains the requirement for applicants to certify their eligibility under penalty of perjury.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025
Floor votes

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
State Affairs Tabled , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 1
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to S.J. 49
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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