---
type: "Bill"
title: "require certain insurance companies to identify and locate beneficiaries on life policies and annuity contracts."
description: "require certain insurance companies to identify and locate beneficiaries on life policies and annuity contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1034 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7191651c-e277-4492-a118-c6047d645bde"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1034&Session=2018"
source_hash: "008259212de4b703eb555e868ec5570831779ea25e198455dd0f3767a9d44f1a"
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 HB 1034 (2018) — require certain insurance companies to identify and locate beneficiaries on life policies and annuity contracts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1034P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1034)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1034ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1034)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1034, SB 89 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1017, HB 1028, HB 1034, HB 1041, HB 1054 — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 23 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-17** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 73 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-18** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 95 `passage`
- **2018-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 238 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-30** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 269
- **2018-01-31** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 303 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 302
- **2018-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 358
- **2018-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on February 05, 2018 H.J. 330 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-12** Signed by the Governor on February 8, 2018 H.J. 394 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7191651c-e277-4492-a118-c6047d645bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).