---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the issuance of a motor vehicle title."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the issuance of a motor vehicle title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "South Dakota SB 42 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debtor and Creditor", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d51d45de-0b57-4944-8aa0-7cfb6ca18852"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=42&Session=2018"
source_hash: "cbe74dc2dd7e107f391929a90a41507de4ce5a2fdf9502c2c5b2cbfb78ee6c89"
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 42 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the issuance of a motor vehicle title.

## 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=SB42P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=42)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB42ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=42)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 41, SB 42, HB 1258 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 17, SB 41, SB 42 — **35–0** (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. 20 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-17** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 114 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-18** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 137 `passage`
- **2018-01-19** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 115 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-20** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. H.J. 485 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2018 S.J. 612 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2018 S.J. 708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d51d45de-0b57-4944-8aa0-7cfb6ca18852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).