---
type: "Bill"
title: "create a license plate for certain retired firefighters and clarify provisions regarding special firefighter license plates."
description: "create a license plate for certain retired firefighters and clarify provisions regarding special firefighter license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "South Dakota SB 194 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Delayed Effective Date", "Firefighters", "Motor Vehicles", "Penalty", "Specialty License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otten (Herman)", "Pinnow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e2f279-df91-43cc-94dd-57c2dc77204e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25177"
source_hash: "332b1b516b8ca6a9087db33c332f41051e15bdd64643e092d06b872d7b1301d1"
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 194 (2024) — create a license plate for certain retired firefighters and clarify provisions regarding special firefighter license plates.

## 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/25177/263647)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25177/266093)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 220 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-02-07** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 286 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 305 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-20** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 21 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 22
- **2024-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 368 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the President S.J. 390 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 393 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-26 S.J. 408 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-28 S.J. 438 `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/c6e2f279-df91-43cc-94dd-57c2dc77204e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).