---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the renewal of driver licenses by a member of the armed forces and their families."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the renewal of driver licenses by a member of the armed forces and their families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1244 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensing", "Military Affairs", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Bolin", "Brunner", "Campbell", "Carson", "Conzet", "Curd", "Diedrich", "Frye-Mueller", "Glanzer", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Heinemann", "Holmes", "Howard", "Klumb", "Lust", "Maher", "McCleerey", "Mills", "Reed", "Rhoden", "Rozum", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Smith", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Turbiville", "Wiese", "Willadsen", "York"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acc1205-c377-47d5-b498-032e68122641"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1244&Session=2018"
source_hash: "dfbfb60f5af73eda9317bc57c7a8386aae0465f20c04268f48170a89ef702e65"
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 1244 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the renewal of driver licenses by a member of the armed forces and their families.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1244)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1244)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1244ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1244)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1017, HB 1052, HB 1095, HB 1097, HB 1112, HB 1249, HB 1050, HB 1084, HB 1085, HB 1100, HB 1244 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Placed on consent - 2018 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018HB 1215, HB 1236, HB 1244 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Conzet — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 246 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1244aa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 327 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 371 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0. S.J. 477 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Placed on consent, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0.
- **2018-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 502 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 540
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2018 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3acc1205-c377-47d5-b498-032e68122641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).