---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain insurance transactions and policies in a language other than English."
description: "authorize certain insurance transactions and policies in a language other than English."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1093"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1093 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Barthel", "Bolin", "Brunner", "Campbell", "Cronin", "Duvall", "Glanzer", "Gosch", "Haverly", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Jamison", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Lake", "Langer", "Lesmeister", "Lust", "McCleerey", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Otten (Herman)", "Peters", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Rasmussen", "Rhoden", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Soholt", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Tidemann", "Turbiville", "White", "Willadsen", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dedf51-ee28-47b8-a9db-7abe0d8dda61"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1093&Session=2018"
source_hash: "11472fb6ba4784e5e633d9720061c36086bcdd18e327bc358e049fc421b779dc"
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 1093 (2018) — authorize certain insurance transactions and policies in a language other than English.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1093H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1093)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1093P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1093)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1093ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1093)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **57–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 76 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4. H.J. 165 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 215
- **2018-01-30** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 230 Amendment 1093wa
- **2018-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11. H.J. 230 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 297 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 576 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 603 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 638
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 646
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on March 01, 2018 H.J. 666 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 6, 2018 H.J. 718 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73dedf51-ee28-47b8-a9db-7abe0d8dda61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).