republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/sb-70.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.	authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	SB 70	South Dakota SB 70 (2020)	bill	Delayed Effective Date Driver License Motor Vehicles State Affairs and Government	enacted	Anderson Bordeaux Curd Cwach Duba Duvall Foster Healy Kennedy Nesiba Olson Reed Ring Saba Smith (Jamie) Smith (VJ) Soholt Steinhauer Sullivan Willadsen Wismer	5	19	5	2020-01-24	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=70&Session=2020	e29bcb44394561377941de9bf015f143dae9142a2491344c2344916f2464b460	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 70 (2020) — authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. House (committee substitute) — source
3. House Transportation (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70HTR.html&Session=2020&Version=House Transportation&Bill=70)
4. Senate Transportation (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70STR.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Transportation&Bill=70)
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 42–24 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass - 2020 — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments - 2020 — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 24–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Bordeaux — primary (person)
• Curd — primary (person)
• Cwach — primary (person)
• Duba — primary (person)
• Duvall — primary (person)
• Foster — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Nesiba — primary (person)
• Olson — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Ring — primary (person)
• Saba — primary (person)
• Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
• Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
• Soholt — primary (person)
• Steinhauer — primary (person)
• Sullivan — primary (person)
• Willadsen — primary (person)
• Wismer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-24 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 75 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-05 Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-02-07 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-02-07 Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 177 passage
• 2020-02-11 First Reading House H.J. 257
• 2020-02-27 Referred to House Transportation H.J. 433 referral-committee
• 2020-03-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2020-03-05 Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70B amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-05 Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3. committee-passage
• 2020-03-09 House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 515 Amendment 70E
• 2020-03-09 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 24. H.J. 516 passage
• 2020-03-10 Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 480
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President S.J. 487
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the President
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
• 2020-03-12 Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-30 Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).