---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle."
description: "increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1227"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1227 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeGroot", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Kolbeck (Steve)", "Muckey", "Weems", "Wipf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/069bc36a-9daf-4485-b118-e15522987738"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26979"
source_hash: "daab50c1434e12fa51e7439e205cc9b1d868b7222cd75fc434aa5dce01de6033"
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 1227 (2026) — increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle.

## 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/26979/299472)
2. **1227A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302976.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26979/303002)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26979/304125)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **49–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in House and referred to House Transportation H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-10** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 H.J. 17 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 300 Amendment 1227A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 16 H.J. 300
- **2026-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-18** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 15 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 10 S.J. 316
- **2026-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 398 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 365 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-24 H.J. 420 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-26 H.J. 452 `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/069bc36a-9daf-4485-b118-e15522987738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).