---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt a motor vehicle insurer from a certain title fee."
description: "exempt a motor vehicle insurer from a certain title fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "South Dakota SB 135 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Deibert", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b98ef75e-b541-4c3f-9460-3ddab370502d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26100"
source_hash: "38b3542f00af0f34493de8a04434c8d805574e537a43dd180ceb4f6ee7f755ec"
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 SB 135 (2025) — exempt a motor vehicle insurer from a certain title fee.

## 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/26100/278938)
2. **135A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/280738.pdf)
3. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26100/280832)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26100/283646)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 137 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 135A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 210
- **2025-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 239 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-27** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 20 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 20
- **2025-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 436
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-06 S.J. 465 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 529 `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/b98ef75e-b541-4c3f-9460-3ddab370502d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).