---
type: "Bill"
title: "title vehicles older than thirty years with no existing record."
description: "title vehicles older than thirty years with no existing record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "South Dakota SB 97 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bolin", "Bordeaux", "Cwach", "Duba", "Healy", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Kolbeck", "Nesiba", "Saba", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4767232-78c6-477a-a063-738054b0382e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=97&Session=2020"
source_hash: "f4d325d5341f9a7a06993100638d05d65783ef7f17b8a39d5680335e68b5e08a"
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 97 (2020) — title vehicles older than thirty years with no existing record.

## 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=SB97P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=97)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB97H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=97)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB97ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=97)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1040, HB 1055, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1040, HB 1061, SB 97, HB 1055 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 109 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-10** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-11** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 190 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** First Reading House H.J. 271
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 410 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 497
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 512 Amendment 97E
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 512 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 480
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 26, 2020 S.J. 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4767232-78c6-477a-a063-738054b0382e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).