---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt motor vehicle service contracts from the insurance code."
description: "exempt motor vehicle service contracts from the insurance code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "South Dakota SB 160 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b082e462-2a93-4add-b165-1c23158431fb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23223"
source_hash: "e4fdcf9ac5726dba93fbf87c787f14afedbe0e453c301ee511b09b527c41409d"
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 160 (2022) — exempt motor vehicle service contracts from the insurance code.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 127 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-02-09** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 224 `passage`
- **2022-02-10** First Reading House H.J. 271
- **2022-02-14** Referred to H.J. 282 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-16** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1 H.J. 368 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 386 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 483 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-28 S.J. 404 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `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/b082e462-2a93-4add-b165-1c23158431fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).