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type: "Bill"
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title: "authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits."
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description: "authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
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legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 70"
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citation: "South Dakota SB 70 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Delayed Effective Date", "Driver License", "Motor Vehicles", "State Affairs and Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bordeaux", "Curd", "Cwach", "Duba", "Duvall", "Foster", "Healy", "Kennedy", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Reed", "Ring", "Saba", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Soholt", "Steinhauer", "Sullivan", "Willadsen", "Wismer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-24"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050"
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source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=70&Session=2020"
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source_hash: "e29bcb44394561377941de9bf015f143dae9142a2491344c2344916f2464b460"
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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 70 (2020) — authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.
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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/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=70)
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2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=70)
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3. **House Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70HTR.html&Session=2020&Version=House Transportation&Bill=70)
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4. **Senate Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70STR.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Transportation&Bill=70)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB70ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=70)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **42–24** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anderson — primary (person)
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- Bordeaux — primary (person)
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- Curd — primary (person)
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- Cwach — primary (person)
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- Duba — primary (person)
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- Duvall — primary (person)
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- Foster — primary (person)
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- Healy — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Nesiba — primary (person)
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- Olson — primary (person)
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- Reed — primary (person)
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- Ring — primary (person)
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- Saba — primary (person)
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- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
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- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
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- Soholt — primary (person)
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- Steinhauer — primary (person)
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- Sullivan — primary (person)
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- Willadsen — primary (person)
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- Wismer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2020-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2020-02-07** Transportation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 177 `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** First Reading House H.J. 257
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- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Transportation H.J. 433 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2020-03-05** Transportation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 70B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Transportation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 515 Amendment 70E
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- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 24. H.J. 516 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 480
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- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 487
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- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President
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- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
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- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 `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/581cd1ca-b76b-4be9-acf0-4bd395c61050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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