---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions concerning the transfer of motor vehicle titles to satisfy unpaid motor vehicle repair bills."
description: "revise certain provisions concerning the transfer of motor vehicle titles to satisfy unpaid motor vehicle repair bills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "South Dakota SB 154 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debtor and Creditor", "Liens", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartling", "Frerichs", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Lesmeister", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6706ae4-3b06-4dab-bd44-c70dd4d6294b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=154&Session=2018"
source_hash: "ce73441f97c33bee811848f12282b16d06194e56b98459f0431f342073976ae2"
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 154 (2018) — revise certain provisions concerning the transfer of motor vehicle titles to satisfy unpaid motor vehicle repair bills.

## 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=SB154P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=154)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB154ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=154)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 7, SB 154, SB 19, SB 99, SB 140 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1026, HB 1038, HB 1039, HB 1080, HB 1105, SB 141, SB 146, SB 154, HB 1102 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartling — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 243 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 368 `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 358 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 595 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 620 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 646
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor on March 8, 2018 S.J. 756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6706ae4-3b06-4dab-bd44-c70dd4d6294b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).