HB1189 • 2026

establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any highway in this state.

Enacted

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Sponsor: Roe
Last action: 2026-03-04
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

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establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any highway in this state.

What This Bill Does

establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any highway in this state.
Official keyword topics: Highways and Bridges Motor Vehicles Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4815/Detail">Sauder</a> (prime)

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1189A

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Filed

Plain English: 1189A 101st Legislative Session 1189 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1189 Introduced by: Representative Roe Underscores indicate new language.

1189A 101st Legislative Session 1189 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1189 Introduced by: Representative Roe Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
AMENDMENT 1189A FOR THE INTRODUCED BILL An Act to establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any 1 highway in this state.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1.

Bill History

2026-03-04 House of Representatives
Signed by the Governor
2026-02-26 House of Representatives
Delivered to the Governor
2026-02-25 Senate
Signed by the President
2026-02-24 House of Representatives
Signed by the Speaker
2026-02-23 Senate
Do Pass Amended
2026-02-20 Senate Transportation
Certified uncontested, placed on consent
2026-02-20 Senate Transportation
Do Pass
2026-02-20 Senate Transportation
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-10 Senate
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation
2026-02-09 House of Representatives
Do Pass Amended
2026-02-05 House Transportation
Certified uncontested, placed on consent
2026-02-05 House Transportation
Do Pass Amended
2026-02-05 House Transportation
Motion to amend
2026-02-05 House Transportation
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-29 House of Representatives
First read in House and referred to House Transportation

Official Summary Text

establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any highway in this state.
Official keyword topics:
Highways and Bridges
Motor Vehicles
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4815/Detail">Sauder</a> (prime)

Current Bill Text

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26.892.11 101st Legislative Session 1189

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1189
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving
on any highway in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-22-21 be AMENDED:
32-22-21. No vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires may be operated or moved
upon any highway in this state, if the weight of the vehicle and the load thereon resting
upon the surface of the highway exceeds:
(1) Six hundred fifty pounds on any inch of the tire width on any type of axle
permanently attached to a mobile crane, moving upon any highway in this state,
with a boom carried over the vehicle and operating with a permit issued under
§ 32-22-42;
(2) Six hundred pounds on any inch of the tire width on:
(a) An axle equipped with dual tires;
(b) A steering axle;
(c) An axle of an oversize or overweight vehicle that cannot be readily reduced
in size or weight and is operating with a permit issued under § 32-22-42;
(d) An axle of a trailer being towed by a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating of eleven thousand pounds or less; or
(e) An axle equipped with tires having a minimum width of four hundred forty-
five millimeters or seventeen and one-half inches if operated on a highway
identified in § 32-22-21.2; or
(3) Five hundred pounds on any inch of the tire width on any other type of axle.
In no instance may the weight on any axle or combination of axles exceed the
maximum weight limits specified in § 32-22-16. A violation of this section is a Class 2
misdemeanor.
26.892.11 2 1189
HB1189 ENROLLED
For the purposes of this section, "mobile crane" means a lifting machine mounted
on a self-propelled carrier, featuring a telescoping or lattice boom, designed to easily move
between work sites for lifting and moving heavy materials.
26.892.11 3 1189
HB1189 ENROLLED
An Act to establish a greater tire weight limit for a mobile crane moving on any highway in
this state.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

House as Bill No. 1189

Chief Clerk of the House

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1189
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State