---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify requirements for a vehicle approaching a vehicle that is stopped or occupying the shoulder of the highway with warning lights flashing."
description: "modify requirements for a vehicle approaching a vehicle that is stopped or occupying the shoulder of the highway with warning lights flashing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "South Dakota SB 38 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2060109-bdcd-48be-b70d-c689b889a6c0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25651"
source_hash: "c4684945b80e42e50fc8b1395ab74a1bb0d8a4944174a0b1a806d7689788e6c7"
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 38 (2025) — modify requirements for a vehicle approaching a vehicle that is stopped or occupying the shoulder of the highway with warning lights flashing.

## 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/25651/273315)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25651/278828)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-17** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 64 `passage`
- **2025-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 52 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 6 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 147 `passage`
- **2025-01-30** Signed by the President S.J. 145 `passage`
- **2025-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 176 `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-04 S.J. 162 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-11** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-11 S.J. 224 `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/d2060109-bdcd-48be-b70d-c689b889a6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).