---
type: "Bill"
title: "require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card."
description: "require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "South Dakota SB 75 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Deibert", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Howard", "Hulse", "Jensen (Phil)", "Manhart", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52ceaed-0ed2-40e9-b817-101314bd8ae0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25723"
source_hash: "14002968f3a3bdffc25923f239f869ef7eb0db1808dfd99aaee4dfb8abbd0e1a"
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 75 (2025) — require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card.

## 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/25723/275254)
2. **75B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/276942.pdf)
3. **75C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283294.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25723/283310)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25723/277174)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25723/284179)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Senate S.J. 49
- **2025-01-17** Referred to S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-24** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 75B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-24** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2025-01-28** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 116
- **2025-01-29** First read in House and referred to H.J. 145 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 Amendment 75C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2025-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 452
- **2025-03-06** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 466
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 502 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 S.J. 517 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/c52ceaed-0ed2-40e9-b817-101314bd8ae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).