republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-164.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	require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor.	require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 164	South Dakota SB 164 (2026)	bill	Commercial Trucking Driver License Law Enforcement Motor Vehicles Penalty Promulgation of Rules	enacted	Goodwin Howard Jensen (Phil) Jordan Nelson Perry Sjaarda	4	17	5	2026-01-29	2026-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/cdd0cf7c-9796-407e-af64-9fcfa554e97d	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27154	37ccddbc163c029aaacb300e907fa59499491bea5b12e5fb9898c5b1d2553d68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 164 (2026) — require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 164A (committee substitute) — source
3. House Transportation Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 29–5 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 60–5 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Sjaarda — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 142 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
• 2026-02-04 Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 9 committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 201 passage
• 2026-02-06 First Reading House H.J. 247
• 2026-02-09 Referred to House Transportation H.J. 262 referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-24 Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 164A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0
• 2026-02-24 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2026-02-26 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 457
• 2026-03-02 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 5 H.J. 472
• 2026-03-04 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 457
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President S.J. 485 passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 passage
• 2026-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-11 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 518 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdd0cf7c-9796-407e-af64-9fcfa554e97d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).