25.437.13 100th Legislative Session 17
2025 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 17
ENROLLED
AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to clarify when a political committee must file certain campaign
finance disclosure statements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That ยง 12-27-22 be AMENDED:
12-27-22. The treasurer of a political committee listed below shall file a campaign
finance disclosure statement or a report with the secretary of state as follows:
(1) For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for any statewide office, file a
pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and
amendments in even numbered years and in odd numbered years, file a year -end
report and, if applicable, amendments;
(2) For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for a legislative or county office
with a recognized political party, file a pre-primary, a pre-general, year-end and,
if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years;
(3) For a statewide political action committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-
end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered
years and in odd numbered years, file a year -end report and, if applicable,
amendments;
(4) For a statewide political party, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end and, if
applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years and in
odd numbered years, file a year-end or amendments, if applicable;
(5) For a county political party and auxiliary organization, file a pre-general and, if
applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years; and
(6) For a statewide ballot question committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-
end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered
years and in odd numbered years, file a year-end and, if applicable, amendments. 25.437.13 2 17
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The treasurer of a political committee listed in this section may submit a
termination report at any time.
If a political party loses the status of a qualified party, the party must file a
termination report by five p.m. central time on the last Friday in January following the
calendar year in which the qualified party status was lost. If a statewide ballot question
committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report
submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to
report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting
period, the committee must submit a termination report by that reporting period deadline.
A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within
a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor. 25.437.13 3 17
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An Act to clarify when a political committee must file certain campaign finance disclosure
statements.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
Senate as Bill No. 17
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
Senate Bill No. 17
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State