---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit the use of certain electronic devices while driving."
description: "prohibit the use of certain electronic devices while driving."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1169 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Chase", "Cwach", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Glanzer", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Hunhoff", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Lake", "McCleerey", "Milstead", "Miskimins", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Peterson (Kent)", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Ring", "Rusch", "Saba", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt", "Steele", "Wangsness", "White", "Wiese", "Willadsen", "Wismer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c1aaaf-680c-4b20-9ae7-e367abf12626"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1169&Session=2020"
source_hash: "a61f3c42178827a08d458bd3caffed7cd3f35c1184ef9dad681ee1c4b40e8d92"
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 1169 (2020) — prohibit the use of certain electronic devices while driving.

## 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=HB1169P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1169)
2. **House Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1169HTR.html&Session=2020&Version=House Transportation&Bill=1169)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1169ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1169)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **42–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Saba — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 98
- **2020-02-04** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 117 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-13** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1169A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1169B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 26. H.J. 316 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 293 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 419 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2020 H.J. 538 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2020 H.J. 630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c1aaaf-680c-4b20-9ae7-e367abf12626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).