---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow certain registration and permit documents to be stored and presented electronically."
description: "allow certain registration and permit documents to be stored and presented electronically."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "South Dakota SB 69 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensing", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Beal", "Bolin", "Curd", "Ewing", "Haverly", "Holmes", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johns", "Johnson", "Kennedy", "Klumb", "Maher", "Novstrup", "Peters", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rhoden", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Steinhauer", "Tulson", "Turbiville", "York", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39de6667-a59f-4b94-aa6d-18b5a83f2b1e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=69&Session=2018"
source_hash: "44769dd6e7f00560e00317d0c64ab897c6e3f7ef50dbd064d5e86568ac9e192f"
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 69 (2018) — allow certain registration and permit documents to be stored and presented electronically.

## 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=SB69P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=69)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB69ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=69)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **62–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 35, SB 36, SB 37, SB 69 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 65 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-19** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 148 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 178 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 153 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-22** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1. 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. 628 `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/39de6667-a59f-4b94-aa6d-18b5a83f2b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).