---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding manufacturers' warranties for motor vehicles to include all-terrain vehicles."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding manufacturers' warranties for motor vehicles to include all-terrain vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 121"
citation: "South Dakota SB 121 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Contracts", "Motor Vehicles", "Trade Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Pischke", "Russell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc098f06-1b00-40f7-9977-60c49dc42b4f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=121&Session=2019"
source_hash: "c3e4310014c97868218be384846653af1c11bd99029206f5993df24d9087d0b4"
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 121 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding manufacturers' warranties for motor vehicles to include all-terrain vehicles.

## 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=SB121P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=121)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB121ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=121)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019SB 85, SB 121, SB 70 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 186 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 220 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 253 `passage`
- **2019-02-05** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 292 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 549 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 486
- **2019-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 550
- **2019-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 557
- **2019-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 569 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 622
- **2019-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc098f06-1b00-40f7-9977-60c49dc42b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).