SB 214

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                                    2026 South Dakota Legislature
                                             Senate Bill 214
                                                   ENROLLED
                                             AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide
       voter registration file.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 12-4-37 be AMENDED:
            12-4-37. The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a computerized
   system for maintaining and utilizing the voter registration file.
            Each county auditor shall transmit daily any changes to the master registration file
   or the absentee voter log to the secretary of state using the computerized system
   maintained by the secretary of state.
            The county auditor shall transmit updated information contained in the county
   voter registration system, including voter registration information and voter election
   history information, to the secretary of state not later than July fifteenth after each
   primary election and December fifteenth after each general election.
            The secretary of state shall post the complete statewide voter registration file to
   the secretary's website before 11:59 p.m. central time each Monday. The weekly post of
   the statewide voter registration file must contain any updates to the information in the
   county master registration file, pursuant to § 12-4-9.
Section 2. That § 12-4-37.1 be AMENDED:
            12-4-37.1. The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a rolling five-year
   historical archive of the complete statewide voter registration file, including the weekly
   post of the statewide voter registration file, published by the secretary pursuant § 12-4-
   37. The secretary shall publish and maintain the rolling five-year historical archive on the
   secretary's website before 11:59 p.m. central time each Monday.
            The information contained in the historical archive of the statewide voter
   registration file must be made available free of charge.
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            An individual's social security number, driver license number, South Dakota
   nondriver identification number, and month and day of birth contained in the historical
   archive of the statewide voter registration file are not open to public inspection.
Section 3. That § 12-4-41 be AMENDED:
            12-4-41. Any information obtained from the statewide voter registration file or
   any county voter registration file may not be sold and may not be used for any commercial
   purpose. Except as provided in §§ 12-4-37 and 12-4-37.1, information obtained from the
   statewide voter registration file may not be placed for unrestricted access on the internet.
            For the purposes of this section, "commercial purpose" does not include campaign
   or political polling activities.
            For the purposes of this section, "sold" does not include any fee charged by the
   secretary of state for a paper copy of a list of registered voters, as provided in § 12-4-39.
            Any violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to any criminal
   sanctions, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for
   each violation. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in
   the general fund.
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An Act to amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration
file.
                                                     Received at this Executive Office
 I certify that the attached Act originated in       this _____ day of _____________,
 the:
                                                     2026 at ____________M.
 Senate as Bill No. 214
                                                     By
                       Secretary of the Senate  for the Governor
                                                                      The attached Act is hereby
                                                                  approved this ________ day of
                       President of the Senate  ______________, A.D., 2026
 Attest:
                                                                                        Governor
                       Secretary of the Senate
                                                     STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
                                                                                               ss.
                                                     Office of the Secretary of State
                          Speaker of the House
                                                                    Filed ____________, 2026
 Attest:  at _________ o'clock __M.
                     Chief Clerk of the House  Secretary of State
 Senate Bill No. 214  By
 File No. ____  Asst. Secretary of State
 Chapter No. ______
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