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+type: "Bill"
+title: "authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits."
+description: "authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 70"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 70 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Delayed Effective Date", "Driver License", "Motor Vehicles", "State Affairs and Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bordeaux", "Curd", "Cwach", "Duba", "Duvall", "Foster", "Healy", "Kennedy", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Reed", "Ring", "Saba", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt", "Steinhauer", "Sullivan", "Willadsen", "Wismer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-24"
+last_action: "2020-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=70&Session=2020"
+source_hash: "e29bcb44394561377941de9bf015f143dae9142a2491344c2344916f2464b460"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 70 (2020) — authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=70)
+2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=70)
+3. **House Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70HTR.html&Session=2020&Version=House Transportation&Bill=70)
+4. **Senate Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70STR.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Transportation&Bill=70)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=70)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **8–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **42–24** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Bordeaux — primary (person)
+- Curd — primary (person)
+- Cwach — primary (person)
+- Duba — primary (person)
+- Duvall — primary (person)
+- Foster — primary (person)
+- Healy — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Nesiba — primary (person)
+- Olson — primary (person)
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- Ring — primary (person)
+- Saba — primary (person)
+- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
+- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
+- Soholt — primary (person)
+- Steinhauer — primary (person)
+- Sullivan — primary (person)
+- Willadsen — primary (person)
+- Wismer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-02-07** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 177 `passage`
+- **2020-02-11** First Reading House H.J. 257
+- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 433 `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2020-03-05** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 515 Amendment 70E
+- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 24. H.J. 516 `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 480
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+