---
type: "Bill"
title: "define electric bicycles and to provide for the regulation of electric bicycles."
description: "define electric bicycles and to provide for the regulation of electric bicycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "South Dakota SB 187 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses", "Motor Vehicles", "Public Health and Safety", "Recreation and Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Novstrup", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c354f25-1ca7-41ce-aeb4-e2f4c1117e9d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=187&Session=2019"
source_hash: "d6288f066a3bfe57c61615e0533c53bd1f590b59e364baaeddd5ef1ea66c3d42"
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 187 (2019) — define electric bicycles and to provide for the regulation of electric bicycles.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 187ba** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd187ba.htm)
2. **Amendment 187ob** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd187ob.htm)
3. **House Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB187HTR.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Transportation&Bill=187)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB187P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=187)
5. **Senate Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB187SLO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Local Government&Bill=187)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB187ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=187)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1021, SB 187 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Hoghoused - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **57–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 233 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-11** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 187ba `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-20** Local Government Hoghoused, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. Amendment 187oa
- **2019-02-20** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Local Government Title amended, Passed S.J. 414 Amendment 187ota
- **2019-02-20** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 0. S.J. 477 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 519 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 187ob `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 585 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-05** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 632
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 8. H.J. 666 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 677
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 681
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 713
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 S.J. 688 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c354f25-1ca7-41ce-aeb4-e2f4c1117e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).