South Dakota legislation · 100th Legislature (2025)
South Dakota HB1129: provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death.
Status: Signed into law, March 13, 2025
What the bill says
An Act ENTITLED An Act to provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death.
From the enrolled text:
An Act ENTITLED An Act to provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That chapter 32-3 be amended with a NEW SECTION: Any person who owns a motor vehicle, off-road vehicle, snowmobile, or boat as defined in § 32-3A-2, may submit to the department an application to provide for the transfer of the property upon the person's death or the death of the last survivor of a joint tenancy with the right of survivorship by designating on the certificate of title a beneficiary to whom the property will be transferred on the death of the owner or the last survivor. A trust may be the beneficiary of a transfer on death certificate of title. The certificate of title must include the name of the owner, the name of any joint tenant with the right of survivorship, and the designated beneficiary of the transfer on death. A beneficiary may be designated on the certificate of title only if all owners of the property provide written approval on the application submitted under this section. Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 32-3: Upon the death of the owner of property with a certificate of title containing a designation of beneficiary, or …
Sponsors
- Will Mortenson (R, HD-024) · primary sponsor
- Larry Zikmund (R, 14) · primary sponsor
- Jeff Bathke (R, HD-020)
- Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008)
- Randy Deibert (R, SD-031)
- Eric Emery (D, HD-026)
- David Kull (R, HD-002)
- Larson, Liz (D)
- Scott Moore (R, HD-023)
- Matt Roby (R, HD-005)
- Jamie Smith (D, SD-015)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Delivered to the Governor
- : Signed by the President
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Do Pass
- : Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Judiciary
- : First Reading Senate
Votes
- Do Pass (February 26, 2025): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 25, 2025): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 5, 2025): 65 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Boating, Fiduciaries and Trusts, Motor Vehicles
Common questions
- What is HB1129?
- HB1129 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (100th Legislature (2025)): provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death.
- What does HB1129 do?
- In its own words: An Act ENTITLED An Act to provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death.
- What is the status of HB1129?
- Signed into law as of March 13, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (March 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1129?
- Will Mortenson (R, HD-024), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1129?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25493
Source: official South Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.