---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for an assumption of risk by any person engaged in off-road vehicle activity and to limit the liability of the renters of off-road vehicles under certain circumstances."
description: "provide for an assumption of risk by any person engaged in off-road vehicle activity and to limit the liability of the renters of off-road vehicles under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1092"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1092 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liability", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Chase", "Dennert", "Ewing", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Hammock", "Johnson (David)", "Lesmeister", "Monroe", "Otten (Ernie)", "Qualm", "Russell", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7fb4341-289b-451d-b30b-ff03d7dcfe05"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1092&Session=2020"
source_hash: "dcd93356d5173e84131224f09e9b93bf39a8151ef99bf1382c2ee7f7e8da3960"
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 HB 1092 (2020) — provide for an assumption of risk by any person engaged in off-road vehicle activity and to limit the liability of the renters of off-road vehicles under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1092P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1092)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1092HJU.html&Session=2020&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1092)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1092SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1092)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1092ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1092)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **57–11** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 63 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-05** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4. Amendment 1092A
- **2020-02-05** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 232
- **2020-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11. H.J. 247 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 189 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1092B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 7. S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 4. H.J. 544
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 491
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 H.J. 557 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 26, 2020 H.J. 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7fb4341-289b-451d-b30b-ff03d7dcfe05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).