---
type: "Bill"
title: "designate certain highways by townships and counties as no maintenance highways."
description: "designate certain highways by townships and counties as no maintenance highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1257 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Highways and Bridges", "Townships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Frerichs", "Heinert", "Kaiser", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "May", "Qualm", "Russell", "Schaefer", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049c1b23-4ac6-466a-b048-bba21988e567"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1257&Session=2018"
source_hash: "25107f888147dfe552d905fbb014dec32329eeaec95ab419a637002a4322d1ff"
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 1257 (2018) — designate certain highways by townships and counties as no maintenance highways.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1257HLO.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Local Government&Bill=1257)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1257P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1257)
3. **Senate Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1257SLO.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Local Government&Bill=1257)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1257ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1257)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Deferred to another day - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 126, SB 147, SB 209, HB 1257 — **58–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Local Government Deferred to another day, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0.
- **2018-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-22** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1257wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Local Government Title amended, Passed H.J. 546 Amendment 1257wta
- **2018-02-22** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-22** Placed on calendar, Passed H.J. 556
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 0. H.J. 577 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 601 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1257wd `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 680 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 725 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 726
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/049c1b23-4ac6-466a-b048-bba21988e567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).