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HB1071 • 2026

establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.

establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.

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Sponsor
Jordan
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Scheduled for hearing
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.

establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.

What This Bill Does

  • establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.
  • Official keyword topics: Boating Fees Motor Vehicles Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a> and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 House Transportation

    Deferred to the 41st legislative day

  2. 2026-01-27 House Transportation

    Scheduled for hearing

  3. 2026-01-15 House of Representatives

    First read in House and referred to House Transportation

Official Summary Text

establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats.
Official keyword topics:
Boating
Fees
Motor Vehicles
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a> and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>

Current Bill Text

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26.503.9 101st Legislative Session 1071

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1071

Introduced by: Representative Jordan

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An Act to establish a ten-year boat registration for owners of certain boats. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. That § 32-3A-13 be AMENDED: 3
32-3A-13. Each Except for a ten-year registration as provided in section 2 of this 4
Act, each registration and validation decal shall expire expires on the last day of the month 5
of the year for which it was issued. 6
The boat shall A boat must be registered in the same manner as a motor vehicles 7
vehicle pursuant to §§ 32-5-2.2 and 32-5-2.6. The registration may be renewed by the 8
owner and new validation decals obtained as provided in § 32-3A-4. 9
A ten-year registration expires on the last day of the month of issuance in the tenth 10
year and may be renewed for successive ten -year periods, if the owner continues to be 11
eligible pursuant to the requirements of section 2 of this Act. 12
Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 32-3A: 13
The owner of a boat that is transported exclusively on a trailer that is registered, 14
in this state, to the owner pursuant to § 32-5-8 may elect to register the boat for a period 15
of ten years. 16
In addition to and when satisfying the requirements of § 32-3A-4, the owner must 17
provide proof of registration of the trailer used to transport the boat and submit an 18
affidavit stating that the boat is transported exclusively on the trailer. 19
The owner must pay a fee set by the commission, as authorized in § 32-3A-4, only 20
when applying for or renewing a ten-year registration. 21
Upon approval of the application, the county treasurer must issue to the owner a 22
registration certificate and decals in the same manner as prescribed in § 32-3A-5, except 23
that the decals must be marked to reflect the ten -year registration, with the month and 24
year of expiration listed. 25
26.503.9 2 1071
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If, during the ten-year registration period, the trailer is no longer registered to the 1
owner, the boat registration converts to an annual registration pursuant to § 32-3A-13 2
and expires on: 3
(1)_ The expiration date listed on the registration certificate and decals, if less than one 4
year remains in the ten-year registration period; or 5
(2) December thirty-first of the year in which the trailer was last registered to the 6
owner, if the time remaining in the ten-year registration period is one year or more. 7