HB1050 • 2026

increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations.

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Sponsor: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1274/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety
Last action: 2026-02-05
Official status: Tabled
Effective date: Not listed

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increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations.

What This Bill Does

increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations.
Official keyword topics: Commercial Trucking Executive/Judiciary Request Motor Vehicles Penalty Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1274/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety

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Bill History

2026-02-05 House Transportation
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-05 House Transportation
Tabled
2026-01-20 House Transportation
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-13 House of Representatives
First read in House and referred to House Transportation

Official Summary Text

increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations.
Official keyword topics:
Commercial Trucking
Executive/Judiciary Request
Motor Vehicles
Penalty
Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1274/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety

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26.402.11 101st Legislative Session 1050

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1050

Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Transportation at the request of the Department of Public Safety

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An Act to increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. That § 32-12A-5.1 be AMENDED: 3
32-12A-5.1. The state's attorney for the county in which a violation of subdivision 4
32-12A-5(4) occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding of not more than twenty 5
thousand five hundred and thirty-seven twenty thousand five hundred thirty-nine dollars 6
against the employer. 7
Section 2. That § 32-12A-56 be AMENDED: 8
32-12A-56. In addition to disqualification, a driver who is convicted of violating 9
an out-of-service order pursuant to § 32-12A-8.1 is subject to a civil penalty of not less 10
than three thousand nine hundred and sixty-one three thousand nine hundred sixty-three 11
dollars for a first conviction and not less than seven thousand nine hundred and twenty -12
four seven thousand nine hundred twenty -six dollars for a second or subsequent 13
conviction. 14
Section 3. That § 32-12A-57 be AMENDED: 15
32-12A-57. The state's attorney for the county in which the violation of 16
subdivision 32-12A-5(3) occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding of not less than 17
seven thousand one hundred and fifty-five seven thousand one hundred fifty-seven dollars 18
and not more than thirty-nine thousand six hundred and fifteen thirty-nine thousand six 19
hundred seventeen dollars against the employer. 20