---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the use of electric all-terrain and off-road vehicles on public highways and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the use of electric all-terrain and off-road vehicles on public highways and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1078"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1078 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges", "Licensure", "Motor Vehicles", "Motorcycles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frye-Mueller", "Peterson (Kent)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89abc7c7-fdbc-468f-bfb3-8ffc86ef2eed"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23009"
source_hash: "a5f3bda0873896292311ece414eb51356fe6ee495ea1ac106717a32d97f5e58a"
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 1078 (2022) — authorize the use of electric all-terrain and off-road vehicles on public highways and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **1078A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229094.pdf)
2. **1078B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232483.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to amend — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First read in House and referred to H.J. 40 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-25** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 Amendment 1078A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0
- **2022-01-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 148 `passage`
- **2022-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 140 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-04** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 1078B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 214
- **2022-02-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 3 H.J. 265
- **2022-02-14** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 262 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-16 H.J. 334 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-24 H.J. 462 `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/89abc7c7-fdbc-468f-bfb3-8ffc86ef2eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).