SB 70 is sponsored by Willadsen, Sullivan, Saba, Ring, Tim Reed (Republican), Healy, Duvall, Duba, Cwach, Bordeaux, Anderson, Olson, Wismer, Steinhauer, Soholt, Nesiba, Kennedy, Curd, Red Dawn Foster (Democratic), and Jamie Smith (Democratic).

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South Dakota 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 70 — authorize the use of Spanish in obtaining certain driver licenses and permits.

Last action March 30, 2020 — Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 24, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
21 sponsors

21 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

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

Sponsorship breakdown

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21 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 84 not signed on · 13 voted No

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (84)

84 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurred in amendments - 2020

March 10, 2020

Passed 24 Yea · 11 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	17	10	0	0
Republican	5	1	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	24	11	0	0
% of votes cast	69%	31%	0%	0%

How each member voted (35)

Member	Party	Vote
Blare	—	Yea
Bolin	—	Yea
Cammack	—	Nay
Castleberry	—	Yea
Curd	—	Yea
Ewing	—	Nay
Heinert	—	Yea
Jensen (Phil)	—	Nay
Kennedy	—	Yea
Klumb	—	Yea
Lake	—	Yea
Langer	—	Yea
Maher	—	Nay
Monroe	—	Nay
Nesiba	—	Yea
Partridge	—	Nay
Rusch	—	Yea
Russell	—	Nay
Schoenbeck	—	Yea
Soholt	—	Yea
Stalzer	—	Nay
Steinhauer	—	Yea
Sutton	—	Nay
White	—	Yea
Wiik	—	Nay
Wismer	—	Yea
Youngberg	—	Yea
Jamie Smith	Democratic	Yea
Red Dawn Foster	Democratic	Yea
Al Novstrup	Republican	Yea
Ernie Otten	Republican	Nay
Helene Duhamel	Republican	Yea
Jack Kolbeck	Republican	Yea
Kyle Schoenfish	Republican	Yea
Lana Greenfield	Republican	Yea

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Do Pass Amended - 2020

March 09, 2020

Passed 42 Yea · 24 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	34	12	0	3
Republican	6	12	0	1
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	42	24	0	4
% of votes cast	60%	34%	0%	6%

How each member voted (70)

Member	Party	Vote
Anderson	—	Yea
Bartels	—	Yea
Barthel	—	Yea
Bordeaux	—	Yea
Borglum	—	Yea
Brunner	—	Yea
Chaffee	—	Yea
Chase	—	Yea
Cwach	—	Yea
Dennert	—	Not Voting
Deutsch	—	Not Voting
Diedrich	—	Yea
Duba	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Finck	—	Yea
Frye-Mueller	—	Nay
Glanzer	—	Not Voting
Gross	—	Yea
Hammock	—	Nay
Haugaard	—	Nay
Hunhoff	—	Yea
Jensen (Kevin)	—	Nay
Johns	—	Yea
Johnson (Chris)	—	Yea
Johnson (David)	—	Yea
Koth	—	Yea
Latterell	—	Yea
Lesmeister	—	Yea
Livermont	—	Nay
McCleerey	—	Yea
Mills	—	Nay
Milstead	—	Nay
Olson	—	Yea
Peterson (Kent)	—	Yea
Peterson (Sue)	—	Nay
Post	—	Nay
Qualm	—	Yea
Rasmussen	—	Nay
Ring	—	Yea
Rounds	—	Yea
Saba	—	Yea
St. John	—	Yea
Steele	—	Yea
Sullivan	—	Yea
Wangsness	—	Yea
Weis	—	Nay
Wiese	—	Nay
Willadsen	—	Yea
York	—	Yea
Erin Healy	Democratic	Yea
Jamie Smith	Democratic	Yea
Arch Beal	Republican	Nay
Carl Perry	Republican	Yea
Chris Karr	Republican	Nay
Ernie Otten	Republican	Yea
Jon Hansen	Republican	Nay
Lana Greenfield	Republican	Nay
Larry Zikmund	Republican	Yea
Marty Overweg	Republican	Nay
Paul Miskimins	Republican	Yea
Peri Pourier	Republican	Not Voting
Rebecca Reimer	Republican	Yea
Sam Marty	Republican	Nay
Spencer Gosch	Republican	Nay
Taffy Howard	Republican	Nay
Tim Goodwin	Republican	Nay
Tim Reed	Republican	Yea
Tina Mulally	Republican	Nay
Tom Pischke	Republican	Nay
Tony Randolph	Republican	Nay

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Do Pass Amended - 2020

March 05, 2020

Passed 8 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	3	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	1
Total	8	3	0	2
% of votes cast	62%	23%	0%	15%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Anderson	—	Yea
Bordeaux	—	Not Voting
Chase	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Finck	—	Yea
Johnson (David)	—	Yea
Lesmeister	—	Yea
Livermont	—	Nay
Mills	—	Nay
Steele	—	Yea
Weis	—	Nay
Larry Zikmund	Republican	Yea
Tim Goodwin	Republican	Not Voting

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Do Pass Amended - 2020

February 10, 2020

Passed 24 Yea · 11 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	18	9	0	0
Republican	4	2	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	24	11	0	0
% of votes cast	69%	31%	0%	0%

How each member voted (35)

Member	Party	Vote
Blare	—	Yea
Bolin	—	Yea
Cammack	—	Nay
Castleberry	—	Yea
Curd	—	Yea
Ewing	—	Nay
Heinert	—	Yea
Jensen (Phil)	—	Nay
Kennedy	—	Yea
Klumb	—	Yea
Lake	—	Yea
Langer	—	Yea
Maher	—	Nay
Monroe	—	Nay
Nesiba	—	Yea
Partridge	—	Yea
Rusch	—	Yea
Russell	—	Nay
Schoenbeck	—	Yea
Soholt	—	Yea
Stalzer	—	Nay
Steinhauer	—	Yea
Sutton	—	Nay
White	—	Yea
Wiik	—	Nay
Wismer	—	Yea
Youngberg	—	Yea
Jamie Smith	Democratic	Yea
Red Dawn Foster	Democratic	Yea
Al Novstrup	Republican	Yea
Ernie Otten	Republican	Nay
Helene Duhamel	Republican	Yea
Jack Kolbeck	Republican	Yea
Kyle Schoenfish	Republican	Yea
Lana Greenfield	Republican	Nay

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Do Pass - 2020

February 07, 2020

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	1	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Blare	—	Yea
Castleberry	—	Yea
Monroe	—	Yea
Russell	—	Nay
Soholt	—	Yea
Red Dawn Foster	Democratic	Yea
Ernie Otten	Republican	Nay

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Subjects

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Who sponsors SB 70?: SB 70 is sponsored by Willadsen, Sullivan, Saba, Ring, Tim Reed (Republican), Healy, Duvall, Duba, Cwach, Bordeaux, Anderson, Olson, Wismer, Steinhauer, Soholt, Nesiba, Kennedy, Curd, Red Dawn Foster (Democratic), and Jamie Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 70?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 24, 2020. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 70
Jurisdiction: South Dakota
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 24, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Willadsen

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Bill Text

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Votes

Concurred in amendments - 2020

Do Pass Amended - 2020

Do Pass Amended - 2020

Do Pass Amended - 2020

Do Pass - 2020

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