---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove the maximum fee permitted to be charged by a notary."
description: "remove the maximum fee permitted to be charged by a notary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1192"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1192 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Oaths and Acknowledgments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Reed", "Roby", "Venhuizen", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e48a58-9f56-4bc6-a8b4-43e97b3302b9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25899"
source_hash: "2b2d0d0a4955f5e79414d1520a0de1be63f12d4d0d02025303251283de9b3136"
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 HB 1192 (2025) — remove the maximum fee permitted to be charged by a notary.

## 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/25899/279259)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25899/283681)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 287 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 279 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 13 S.J. 423 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 454 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 456 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-06 H.J. 476 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 543 `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/d9e48a58-9f56-4bc6-a8b4-43e97b3302b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).