---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations."
description: "establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1170 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Phil)", "Karr", "Mehlhaff", "Mulder", "Odenbach", "Overweg", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9175d768-b49b-47bb-902b-268f1437ff7e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24292"
source_hash: "cb2311967b0991cf072f78e60160f3a759c4dc69863f5233b5dd989b13393516"
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 1170 (2023) — establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations.

## 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/24292/246759)
2. **1170C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249809.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24292/249849)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24292/251146)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-08** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 H.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 277
- **2023-02-13** Referred to , Passed, `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, H.J. 321
- **2023-02-21** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 336 Amendment 1170C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 12 H.J. 337
- **2023-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 318 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 12 S.J. 427
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/9175d768-b49b-47bb-902b-268f1437ff7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).