SJR 504 South Dakota Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring a number of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment be obtained from each county.

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to South Dakota that would require petition signatures for constitutional amendments to be gathered from every county in the state. The change aims to ensure broader geographic representation by preventing amendments from being driven solely by voters in densely populated areas. If passed, this would alter the current process by mandating a more distributed collection of signatures across the state. The amendment would directly affect citizens seeking to propose constitutional changes through the petition process.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
State Affairs Tabled , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to S.J. 112
upper
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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