25.106.18 100th Legislative Session 1073
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1073
HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS ENGROSSED
Introduced by: Representative Weisgram
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An Act to designate contact information provided on a voter registration form as not 1
for public inspection. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 12-4-9 be AMENDED: 4
12-4-9. The county auditor shall maintain and safeguard a file of voters in 5
computer format that contains the information of each person registered in each voting 6
precinct within the county. This file shall be known as the master registration file and shall 7
be, at all times during office hours, open to public inspection. However, public access to 8
social security numbers, driver license numbers, and dates of birth, telephone numbers, 9
or email addresses contained in the master registration file is prohibited. The master 10
registration file shall contain all information from each voter's registration card. The 11
master registration file shall also include the date of the last election the voter has voted 12
in and when the voter's information was last updated. The master registration file may 13
also contain additional voter history information. 14
Any The county auditor shall keep any voter registration form for a purged or 15
unregistered voter shall be kept for twenty-two months. No A purged or unregistered voter 16
may not be included in the master registration file. 17
Section 2. That § 12-4-41 be AMENDED: 18
12-4-41. Any information Except as otherwise provided in this section, information 19
obtained from the statewide voter registration file or any county voter registration file 20
may be used or sold only for election purposes, may not be used for any commercial 21
purpose, and may not be placed for unrestricted access on the internet. The social security 22
number, driver license number, South Dakota nondriver identification number, date of 23
birth, telephone number, or email address of a voter listed in the statewide voter 24 25.106.18 2 1073
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registration file may not be used or sold for any purpose except as provided in § 12-4-1
40.1. 2
For the purpose purposes of this section, the term, commercial purpose, 3
"commercial purpose" does not include campaign or political polling activities. 4
Any violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to any criminal 5
sanctions, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for 6
each violation. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the 7
general fund. 8
Section 3. This Act is effective beginning January 1, 2026. 9