---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase fees for decals and license plates mailed to vehicle owners."
description: "increase fees for decals and license plates mailed to vehicle owners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1034 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Czmowski", "Deibert", "Emery", "Fosness", "Halverson", "Heermann", "Kull", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Muckey", "Perry", "Reed", "Reimer", "Roe", "Rohl", "Shorma", "Van Diepen", "Vilhauer", "Walburg", "Weems", "Weisgram", "Wipf"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2602d15e-430a-4e0d-9e85-db4ff1788fd3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26509"
source_hash: "d518274cddff06e753cd97fbf8613c3a3c5688c3b6b35974601b9d2233bf49b5"
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 1034 (2026) — increase fees for decals and license plates mailed to vehicle owners.

## 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/26509/293021)
2. **1034B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295344.pdf)
3. **1034C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/296140.pdf)
4. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26509/295554)
5. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26509/301190)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26509/302590)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **27–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Czmowski — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fosness — primary (person)
- Halverson — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Van Diepen — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-01-20** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 3 Amendment 1034B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 H.J. 3
- **2026-01-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 115
- **2026-01-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 22 H.J. 127
- **2026-01-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 113
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 122 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-04** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 9 Amendment 1034C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 9
- **2026-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 7 S.J. 214
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 12 H.J. 277
- **2026-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 300 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President S.J. 264 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-17 H.J. 326 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-23 H.J. 400 `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/2602d15e-430a-4e0d-9e85-db4ff1788fd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).