---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a special motor vehicle license plate for certain women veterans."
description: "provide a special motor vehicle license plate for certain women veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "South Dakota SB 97 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Veterans Affairs", "Veterans Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Frerichs", "Haverly", "Heinert", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Ring", "Smith", "Stalzer", "Sutton", "Wismer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556f9158-6215-4a40-898a-bdb88791210e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=97&Session=2018"
source_hash: "4928b56b8c3c68b359cced84040c11701e7840c886340b351d0759122aa5e29e"
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 97 (2018) — provide a special motor vehicle license plate for certain women veterans.

## 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=SB97P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=97)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB97ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=97)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **53–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **8–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 158 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0. S.J. 477 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 510 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 525 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 2. H.J. 614 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 14. H.J. 650 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 704
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 712
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 9, 2018 S.J. 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556f9158-6215-4a40-898a-bdb88791210e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).