revise Department of Transportation regulatory authority regarding aeronautics.
This bill transfers the responsibility for managing aeronautics from the Aeronautics Commission to the Department of Transportation in South Dakota. The Department will now handle most operational duties, while the Commission retains specific roles related to advice, budgeting, and legal decision-making. Additionally, the Aeronautics Commission is tasked with creating new rules to manage airport approval certificates. These changes reorganize how state aviation functions are administered without altering the overall structure of the agencies involved.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025
Signed Feb 11, 2025
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Feb 4, 2025
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This bill transitions SB 40 from an introduced draft to its final enrolled version, adding official signatures from the Senate President, Governor, and Secretary of State to make it law. The substantive legislative text remains unchanged, clarifying that the Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Commission functions are limited to specific areas while excluding advisory, budgetary, and quasi-legislative/judicial roles.
TECHNICAL
Added official enrolled signatures from the Senate President, Governor, and Secretary of State to finalize the bill as law.
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Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025 · House Feb 3, 2025
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Jan 23, 2025
D
Democratic3
100% Yea
R
Republican32
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 11, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-11 S.J. 224
executive
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 207
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 168
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 26 H.J. 175
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 8
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced
First read in House and referred to H.J. 113
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 82
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 13
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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