---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding the titling of motor vehicles."
description: "revise provisions regarding the titling of motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1208 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Barthel", "Blare", "Reimer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2add1e-2ca8-4010-9395-0db56b69a154"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1208&Session=2020"
source_hash: "5adb3082a6ebc175644fc225bc20aebc77fb1e6ea33ed706c4610410acbbdc2d"
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 1208 (2020) — revise provisions regarding the titling of motor vehicles.

## 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=HB1208P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1208)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1208ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1208)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1170, HB 1178, HB 1208, HB 1178, HB 1208, HB 1170 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1208, HB 1260, HB 1208, HB 1260 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Reimer — 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 Transportation H.J. 117 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 313 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-26** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-27** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 367 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 444
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 405
- **2020-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on March 04, 2020 H.J. 462 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Governor on March 09, 2020 H.J. 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a2add1e-2ca8-4010-9395-0db56b69a154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).