---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize series limited liability companies."
description: "authorize series limited liability companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1179 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Delayed Effective Date", "Fees", "Fund", "Liability", "Limited Liability Companies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Deutsch", "Finck", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Gross", "Hansen", "Haugaard", "Johns", "Latterell", "Novstrup", "Olson", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Reimer", "Schoenbeck", "Soholt", "Steinhauer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda7410a-de93-4dd4-a2d8-a3544bb4d980"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1179&Session=2020"
source_hash: "f162fcf33c17bc1bad9e7ae3a7854b47250894b1135a0546fbe6ed8b55acbb73"
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 1179 (2020) — authorize series limited liability companies.

## 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=HB1179P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1179)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1179ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1179)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **30–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 98
- **2020-02-04** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 117 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-24** Removed from Consent Calendar
- **2020-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 389 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 355 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4. S.J. 419 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2020 H.J. 538 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 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/fda7410a-de93-4dd4-a2d8-a3544bb4d980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).