---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow commercial driver license applicants three attempts to pass the commercial driver license examination."
description: "allow commercial driver license applicants three attempts to pass the commercial driver license examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "South Dakota SB 22 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensing", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46d9e00-e738-4989-b133-18015be62d4f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=22&Session=2018"
source_hash: "9b41b6a809b3c9b839940bdd4267f07da1ceeb1fba75d64d5c5f86c705bec541"
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 22 (2018) — allow commercial driver license applicants three attempts to pass the commercial driver license examination.

## 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=SB22P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=22)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB22ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=22)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **58–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 14, SB 15, SB 16, SB 22, SB 43, SB 57 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-12** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 62 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-12** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-16** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 99 `passage`
- **2018-01-17** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 78 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-30** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 219 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9. H.J. 297 `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 358
- **2018-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 347
- **2018-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on February 06, 2018 S.J. 383 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-12** Signed by the Governor on February 8, 2018 S.J. 428 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c46d9e00-e738-4989-b133-18015be62d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).