---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize additional abbreviations in naming corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships."
description: "authorize additional abbreviations in naming corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1114"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1114 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Beal", "Bolin", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Brunner", "Chase", "Curd", "Ewing", "Finck", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johns", "Johnson (Chris)", "Kennedy", "Koth", "McCleerey", "Novstrup", "Qualm", "Reed", "Rounds", "Soholt", "Steinhauer", "Wangsness", "Wiik", "Wismer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11da5c1d-fb8e-49e0-975d-cb07e88c1970"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1114&Session=2020"
source_hash: "8819b93c1096cb65cfddf3f659a218d6bb02f8f67021e27411ad03fd754eb066"
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 1114 (2020) — authorize additional abbreviations in naming corporations, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships.

## 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=HB1114P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1114)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1114ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1114)

## Votes

- - 2020HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1165, HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1165 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1178, HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1178 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading House H.J. 83
- **2020-01-30** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 107 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-10** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 256 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation S.J. 206 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Taxation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-24** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 322 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 392
- **2020-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 375
- **2020-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on March 02, 2020 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Governor on March 04, 2020 H.J. 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11da5c1d-fb8e-49e0-975d-cb07e88c1970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).