---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding vehicle warranty claims."
description: "revise provisions regarding vehicle warranty claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "South Dakota SB 159 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Warranty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Rohl", "Tobin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f192496b-c360-47c0-afb8-fd031d22cb53"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24188"
source_hash: "eb49e01084047672b253972458be77e909038b2f04a7523a5d557fda59af50bb"
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 159 (2023) — revise provisions regarding vehicle warranty claims.

## 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/24188/246762)
2. **159B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249081.pdf)
3. **159C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250539.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24188/250886)
5. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24188/249670)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24188/251201)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 126
- **2023-01-30** Referred to S.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-16** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 28 Amendment 159B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 31
- **2023-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 31
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 318
- **2023-02-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 360 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-27** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 416
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 431 Amendment 159C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 434
- **2023-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 445
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 456 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 517 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 467 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 495 `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/f192496b-c360-47c0-afb8-fd031d22cb53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).