---
type: "Bill"
title: "accept Uniformed Services ID as proof of veteran status to have veteran designation added to a state license or ID card."
description: "accept Uniformed Services ID as proof of veteran status to have veteran designation added to a state license or ID card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53eff899-0edf-47e3-9a98-5e29ebd218f1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23988"
source_hash: "d31a4ec62b880967cb5ae3a40213d12094a76bdbd7612f252e329fb56f01f3a0"
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 15 (2023) — accept Uniformed Services ID as proof of veteran status to have veteran designation added to a state license or ID card.

## 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/23988/242201)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23988/248586)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-20** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 6 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 6
- **2023-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 91 `passage`
- **2023-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-02** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 11
- **2023-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1 H.J. 224 `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the President S.J. 254 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 298 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-15 S.J. 273 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-24 S.J. 336 `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/53eff899-0edf-47e3-9a98-5e29ebd218f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).