---
type: "Bill"
title: "waive the driver license renewal period for members of the military and their families, and employees of the state department."
description: "waive the driver license renewal period for members of the military and their families, and employees of the state department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1160"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1160 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Military Affairs", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bathke", "Goodwin", "Pourier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba93c8e-b663-4971-8bd5-56f20542cc52"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25597"
source_hash: "3ee8b2e800e36f8ebacbb751fca7291fe3e8d70d38b9127d6e86e20e2777cf9c"
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 1160 (2025) — waive the driver license renewal period for members of the military and their families, and employees of the state department.

## 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/25597/279115)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25597/282647)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bathke — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 2
- **2025-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 269 `passage`
- **2025-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 267 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-19** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 322 `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 366 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 363 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-25 H.J. 382 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-04 H.J. 446 `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/5ba93c8e-b663-4971-8bd5-56f20542cc52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).