---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize a county to assess an administration fee for the processing of certain title applications."
description: "authorize a county to assess an administration fee for the processing of certain title applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1079 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Castleberry", "Chaffee", "Chase", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Frye-Mueller", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hammock"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb36c203-ca11-44c7-b8bf-c68ac1597497"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1079&Session=2020"
source_hash: "db6bc3c72623d8fc31840e0ec4714650f8f2913b6f623ca18fffa04f61eca61e"
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 1079 (2020) — authorize a county to assess an administration fee for the processing of certain title applications.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1079P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1079)
2. **House Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1079HTR.html&Session=2020&Version=House Transportation&Bill=1079)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1079ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1079)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading House H.J. 50
- **2020-01-24** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 58 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1079C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4. H.J. 301 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 256 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-24** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 11. S.J. 343 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 415
- **2020-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 375
- **2020-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on March 02, 2020 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Governor on March 04, 2020 H.J. 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb36c203-ca11-44c7-b8bf-c68ac1597497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).