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SB11 • 2026

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1291/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

What This Bill Does

  • increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
  • Official keyword topics: Commercial Trucking Driver License Executive/Judiciary Request Fees Motor Vehicles Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1291/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Delivered to the Governor

  3. 2026-02-06 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Speaker

  4. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Signed by the President

  5. 2026-02-04 House of Representatives

    Do Pass

  6. 2026-02-03 House Transportation

    Do Pass

  7. 2026-02-03 House Transportation

    Scheduled for hearing

  8. 2026-01-22 House of Representatives

    Referred to House Transportation

  9. 2026-01-21 House of Representatives

    First Reading House

  10. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Do Pass

  11. 2026-01-16 Senate Transportation

    Do Pass

  12. 2026-01-16 Senate Transportation

    Scheduled for hearing

  13. 2026-01-13 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation

Official Summary Text

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
Official keyword topics:
Commercial Trucking
Driver License
Executive/Judiciary Request
Fees
Motor Vehicles
Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1291/Detail">Transportation</a> at the request of the Department of Public Safety

Current Bill Text

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26.403.12 101st Legislative Session 11

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 11
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-35-47.1 be AMENDED:
32-35-47.1. Any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on
public highways is suspended pursuant to this chapter must pay the reinstatement fee,
pursuant to subsection 32-12-47.1(1)(f), to the department prior to the reinstatement of
the license.
Section 2. That § 32-35-101 be AMENDED:
32-35-101. The department shall furnish to any person, upon request, a certified
abstract of the operating record for the last three years of any person subject to the
provisions of this chapter. The three-year limit does not apply to a person requesting the
person's own abstract. The abstract must include enumeration of any motor vehicle
accidents in which the person has been involved and reference to any convictions of the
person for a violation of the motor vehicle laws, as reported to the department.
No accident may be entered on the driving record of a law enforcement officer,
firefighter, or emergency medical technician if the accident occurred while the law
enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician was lawfully engaged in
the performance of official duties and was driving an emergency vehicle. The accident
must be recorded separately.
No accident may be entered on the driving record of an operator of emergency
snow removal equipment if the accident resulted from the operator's response to an
emergency call of duty and the operator was lawfully engaged in the performance of
official duti es in support of an emergency call of duty by a law enforcement officer,
firefighter, or emergency medical technician and was driving official snow removal
equipment. The accident must be recorded separately.
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SB11 ENROLLED
The department shall collect seven dollars for each abstract. The fee must be
credited to the state motor vehicle fund. Any governmental entity or subdivision is exempt
from this fee.
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SB11 ENROLLED
An Act to increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 11

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 11
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