---
type: "Bill"
title: "create a habitat conservation specialty plate and emblem."
description: "create a habitat conservation specialty plate and emblem."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1119 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Delayed Effective Date", "Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Beal", "Blare", "Crabtree", "Deutsch", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Krull", "Massie", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mulder", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Pinnow", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Sauder", "Schaefbauer", "Shorma", "St. John", "Stevens", "Teunissen", "Tobin", "Tordsen", "Venhuizen", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/928b4072-056f-450c-b236-9926f0878dc2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24962"
source_hash: "2e5682436ea7f8d0ae08130184f722d71f344110db4ff721303e7bbc848994a0"
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 1119 (2024) — create a habitat conservation specialty plate and emblem.

## 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/24962/260760)
2. **1119A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/262730.pdf)
3. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24962/263652)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24962/266598)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Krull — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** First read in House and referred to H.J. 94 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-01-30** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 11 Amendment 1119A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 11
- **2024-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 228
- **2024-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 249 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 414
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 417 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-04 H.J. 455 `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/928b4072-056f-450c-b236-9926f0878dc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).