---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend the amount a merchant or place of business may assess against returned checks."
description: "amend the amount a merchant or place of business may assess against returned checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "South Dakota SB 38 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Commercial Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Davis", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Mehlhaff", "Mulally", "Overweg", "Pinnow", "Rohl", "Schneider", "Schoenbeck", "Schoenfish", "Tordsen", "Weisgram", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dc6857b-7801-47b5-aa14-a08da0b04b2a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24605"
source_hash: "ae2ffb25e309432dd80069fe6489b58e08c1ca7d2ff74bb36174178a9dc22a5c"
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 38 (2024) — amend the amount a merchant or place of business may assess against returned checks.

## 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/24605/258077)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24605/263418)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-11** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-11** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 0 S.J. 76 `passage`
- **2024-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 60 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 180
- **2024-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 16 H.J. 190 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Signed by the President S.J. 207 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 219 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-01 S.J. 234 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-06 S.J. 264 `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/4dc6857b-7801-47b5-aa14-a08da0b04b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).