---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase certain civil penalties for fleeing from police."
description: "increase certain civil penalties for fleeing from police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1216 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Borglum", "Diedrich", "Goodwin", "Johnson (Chris)", "Solano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c8b2dc1-1915-4454-bdc6-f49b1c6757c0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1216&Session=2019"
source_hash: "26a6eeb7980a92728bafd137602778a33c26fe45c53b4c8e008eeefb7f33c15a"
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 1216 (2019) — increase certain civil penalties for fleeing from police.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1216H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=1216)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1216P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1216)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1216ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1216)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 256 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2. H.J. 352 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
- **2019-02-13** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 396 Amendment 1216xa
- **2019-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7. H.J. 396 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 389 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-25** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 498 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 520
- **2019-02-28** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 600
- **2019-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 10. S.J. 611 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 670
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 H.J. 706 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 H.J. 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c8b2dc1-1915-4454-bdc6-f49b1c6757c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).