---
type: "Bill"
title: "create an off-road vehicle decal for non-residents visiting the state."
description: "create an off-road vehicle decal for non-residents visiting the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "South Dakota SB 31 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4352bcc6-11d9-4729-b8a7-ca93e4fa3a9c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23845"
source_hash: "2109758252edec3dafd20e78a872acee23dab59e4db3bf0af4868c94ba068775"
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 31 (2023) — create an off-road vehicle decal for non-residents visiting the state.

## 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/23845/242477)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23845/249476)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–8** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2023-01-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-20** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 93 `passage`
- **2023-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 287
- **2023-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 8 H.J. 297 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-21 S.J. 300 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/4352bcc6-11d9-4729-b8a7-ca93e4fa3a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).