---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow disabled veterans to obtain a standard issue county motor vehicle or motorcycle license plate."
description: "allow disabled veterans to obtain a standard issue county motor vehicle or motorcycle license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1068 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Bartels", "Blare", "Callies", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Emery", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Koth", "Kull", "Massie", "Mills", "Moore", "Mulally", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Schaefbauer", "Stevens", "Teunissen", "Tordsen", "Weisgram", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d0b40d-eef3-43b5-a399-577c9d46540c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24492"
source_hash: "b95d8bbb636292860d8113f1a3e7dba914a4fe69de44d68d7495d2b91c845e2e"
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 1068 (2024) — allow disabled veterans to obtain a standard issue county motor vehicle or motorcycle license plate.

## 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/24492/258839)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24492/262938)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 29 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-01-16** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 78 `passage`
- **2024-01-18** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 108 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2024-01-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 183 `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 191 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Signed by the President S.J. 207 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-01-31 H.J. 207 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-06 H.J. 256 `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/86d0b40d-eef3-43b5-a399-577c9d46540c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).