PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- Advocates for election integrity trying to tighten the residency requirement in South Dakota's voter-registration law are making their case again at the state Capitol this winter and might be finding more success than in past years. Activists such as Jessica Pollema of Tea and Rick Weible of Elkton testified Wednesday in favor of HB1066 that takes aim at mail-forwarding businesses in South Dakota, which travelers throughout the country use for voter-registration purposes so they can participate in South Dakota elections. South Dakota House wants age-check for porn sites The House State Affairs Committee voted 7-6 on Wednesday to endorse the bill's passage, with the chair, House Republican leader Scott Odenbach, casting the decisive aye, after the panel had removed several parts of the original version. The amended version could be debated in the full House of Representatives as early as Friday afternoon. A 180-day trigger for non-residency was taken out of the proposal at the request of the bill's House sponsor, Republican Rep. Tony Kayser. Later an entire section on documentation that would have been required as defense against a ballot challenge was eliminated at the suggestion of Republican Rep. Jon Hansen. What does remain are changes such as inserting the phrase "in which an individual lives and usually sleeps" and adding the word "continuous" to the 30-day residency requirement already in state law. The bill also would list circumstances when a person is a resident for voter registration purposes as well as when a registered voter would lose South Dakota residency. Hansen, the House speaker, called for the committee to support the amended version. “I do think this bill is a step in the right direction," he said, suggesting that it could work with other election proposals that the South Dakota Secretary of State office has pending in the Senate. “I think it is very important we get to this issue,” Hansen continued about tightening voter-residency law. “South Dakotans voting in South Dakota elections – that's what this is all about.” He encouraged Secretary of State Monae Johnson to work with Kayser and the bill's lead Senate sponsor, Republican John Carley. “I think that’s a big problem and we need to address it.” Deputy Secretary of State Tom Deadrick testified as an opponent, describing his position as "a very, very soft no." County auditors, whose offices handle voter registration, were split, with Leah Anderson of Minnehaha County supporting the bill while Lindley Howard of McPherson County and Sheri Lund of Lincoln County pointed out many of what they described as potential problems. Republican Rep. Marty Overweg said he's never been a fan of passing laws that can't be enforced and asked Deadrick who would enforce the proposed law. The deputy secretary of state replied that enforcement hadn't been discussed. "We’re concerned about the meat, the bones of it, the what is what with it,” Deadrick said. Enforcement would be up to the auditor and state's attorney in each county, he continued. “I apologize. It’s not a very good answer, but it’s the best I have at this point.” Seven of the committee's Republicans voted for it, while a mix of four Republicans and two Democrats voted no. Two of the nays came from Overweg and Republican Rep. Greg Jamison. “I think all of us can agree residency needs to be addressed,” Jamison said, but the amended bill was still riddled with what he described as problems. On the other hand, Jamison said he doesn't like people such as those at mail-forwarding businesses handling absentee ballots and 1,600 people registering at the same address. He suggested the tone of the hearing indicated that a proposal more to his liking could still be worked out. “But that optimism is here. I don’t think it was here before," Jamison said. “I’m sure there is time yet to do a good one.”