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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
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legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 164"
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citation: "South Dakota SB 164 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commercial Trucking", "Driver License", "Law Enforcement", "Motor Vehicles", "Penalty", "Promulgation of Rules"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Nelson", "Perry", "Sjaarda"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd0cf7c-9796-407e-af64-9fcfa554e97d"
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source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27154"
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source_hash: "37ccddbc163c029aaacb300e907fa59499491bea5b12e5fb9898c5b1d2553d68"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27154/299227)
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2. **164A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301855.pdf)
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3. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27154/304798)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27154/306312)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended — **60–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Concurred in amendments — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
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- Jordan — primary (person)
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- Nelson — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Sjaarda — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 142 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
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- **2026-02-04** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 9 `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 201 `passage`
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- **2026-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 247
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 262 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2026-02-24** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 164A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0
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- **2026-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
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- **2026-02-26** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 457
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- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 5 H.J. 472
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 457
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 485 `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 518 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd0cf7c-9796-407e-af64-9fcfa554e97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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