---
type: "Bill"
title: "update additional charges allowed for mailing decals and plates and to declare an emergency."
description: "update additional charges allowed for mailing decals and plates and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1042"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1042 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Blare", "Deibert", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Otten (Ernie)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba22603-1872-4caa-b58d-e7dff8aef142"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23684"
source_hash: "85342d9cde3ba70c86b04b08d8ea701e9dba09e7cde083ac571b0a04b84a487c"
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 1042 (2023) — update additional charges allowed for mailing decals and plates and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23684/242557)
2. **1042A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/244677.pdf)
3. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23684/245754)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23684/250081)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1042A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 2
- **2023-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 162
- **2023-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 137 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-15** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 18 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 291
- **2023-02-21** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 301
- **2023-02-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 316
- **2023-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 332
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 374 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 430 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 H.J. 497 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/cba22603-1872-4caa-b58d-e7dff8aef142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).