---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the penalty for the misuse of emblem specialty plates on motor vehicles."
description: "revise the penalty for the misuse of emblem specialty plates on motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "South Dakota SB 69 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Specialty License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bordeaux", "Duvall", "Finck", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Mills", "Monroe", "Otten (Ernie)", "Soholt", "Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55f7bf6d-ec20-4238-b417-e1d4101280fe"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=69&Session=2020"
source_hash: "46690777421bd6628e2eb5769cd61ff5fc0d73ebfdb7ed0915baeead92ebd481"
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 69 (2020) — revise the penalty for the misuse of emblem specialty plates on 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=SB69P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=69)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB69ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=69)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1125, HB 1279, SB 69, HB 1279, SB 69, HB 1125 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020SB 69, SB 69 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-29** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-01-30** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 121 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 118 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-20** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
- **2020-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 349 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 327
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 392
- **2020-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on February 26, 2020 S.J. 352 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Governor on March 04, 2020 S.J. 426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55f7bf6d-ec20-4238-b417-e1d4101280fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).