---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain training and testing requirements for entry level driver applicants for a commercial driver license."
description: "revise certain training and testing requirements for entry level driver applicants for a commercial driver license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "South Dakota SB 29 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a33101-973f-4cb3-94ad-1b8dbb86b093"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21960"
source_hash: "2aa5862036a4f2dff335304668ecea3d470a03ac6651acda001b96812e5ee06a"
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 29 (2021) — revise certain training and testing requirements for entry level driver applicants for a commercial driver license.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21960/210018)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21960/216809)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-26** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-01-27** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 125
- **2021-01-28** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 137
- **2021-02-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 147 `passage`
- **2021-02-02** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-04** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 226 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 235 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-18 S.J. 286 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02a33101-973f-4cb3-94ad-1b8dbb86b093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).