---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow for the direct creation of a limited liability limited partnership."
description: "allow for the direct creation of a limited liability limited partnership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1096 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Organizations", "Delayed Effective Date", "Partnerships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mortenson", "Vilhauer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be50632-74c0-4321-8674-ff212d6927e6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26692"
source_hash: "7f569a1fe67dffb7c52aa9083873c3c9076c6ac74b7a046cf5ec1e58e02b664a"
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 1096 (2026) — allow for the direct creation of a limited liability limited partnership.

## 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/26692/295416)
2. **1096A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297195.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26692/298295)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26692/305053)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 52 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-23** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-01-26** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 137
- **2026-01-27** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 151 Amendment 1096A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 151
- **2026-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 131
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 144 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 14 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 14
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 399
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-03 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 H.J. 496 `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/7be50632-74c0-4321-8674-ff212d6927e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).