---
type: "Bill"
title: "limit the liability of law enforcement officers and others when removing a disabled vehicle from a highway, a right of way, or public waters."
description: "limit the liability of law enforcement officers and others when removing a disabled vehicle from a highway, a right of way, or public waters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1188 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement", "Liability", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Roe", "Sauder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1504a47-b313-49f5-8ea2-a7134e5d67e9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26976"
source_hash: "a817ac44c72028bc05aea81cdb08082e73e6b7bbe32dbb168af3fe0efc3a8b28"
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 1188 (2026) — limit the liability of law enforcement officers and others when removing a disabled vehicle from a highway, a right of way, or public waters.

## 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/26976/298989)
2. **1188A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/300502.pdf)
3. **1188B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301751.pdf)
4. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26976/301679)
5. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26976/304264)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26976/305597)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **53–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **53–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Sauder — 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`
- **2026-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 13 Amendment 1188A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 H.J. 13
- **2026-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 13
- **2026-02-09** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 262
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 13 H.J. 280
- **2026-02-11** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-20** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 17 Amendment 1188B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 17
- **2026-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 17
- **2026-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 373
- **2026-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 403
- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 12 H.J. 468
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 492 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 H.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `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/f1504a47-b313-49f5-8ea2-a7134e5d67e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).