---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Tourism to permit certain commercial advertising in information centers."
description: "authorize the Department of Tourism to permit certain commercial advertising in information centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "South Dakota SB 59 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Bridges", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb736f1-0ad8-46a4-b18e-1e8419a384bb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=59&Session=2018"
source_hash: "e06513b8804eab2bb1c7f275c7f60d6ec3c500b5e1d88f6bcbfc18a09e58290a"
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 59 (2018) — authorize the Department of Tourism to permit certain commercial advertising in information centers.

## 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=SB59P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=59)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB59ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=59)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **62–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (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. 23 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-17** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 167 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 206 `passage`
- **2018-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 181 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-22** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 545 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 2. H.J. 627 `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/4cb736f1-0ad8-46a4-b18e-1e8419a384bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).