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HB 1024 South Dakota House · 2025 Regular Session

amend certain fees collected by the secretary of state.

HB 1024 proposes changes to certain fees collected by the South Dakota Secretary of State. The bill directly affects individuals and entities that pay fees to the Secretary of State's office for various services. Key provisions would adjust the amounts charged for specific transactions or filings handled by the office. This legislation aims to update fee structures without specifying exact dollar amounts in the provided text. The changes would apply to anyone currently paying these fees or planning to use the Secretary of State's services.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 13, 2025
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Introduced → Enrolled · 5 edits · Mar 3, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates filing fees collected by the South Dakota Secretary of State for various business documents, including corporations, cooperatives, and limited liability companies. The changes affect how much businesses must pay when filing incorporation papers, annual reports, and other legal documents with the state. Some fees were increased, others decreased, and new fee structures were established for different entity types.
Scope change
The bill applies to all business entities filing documents with the South Dakota Secretary of State, including domestic and foreign corporations, cooperatives, and limited liability companies.
FISCAL

Filing fees for domestic corporations were increased from $30 to $150 for articles of incorporation, and from $125 to $750 for foreign corporation authority applications.

Annual report fees were increased from $10 to $55 for domestic corporations and from $10 to $55 for cooperatives.

Limited liability company filing fees were increased from $150 to $750 for foreign LLCs, and from $150 to $200 for domestic LLCs with series provisions.

Some fees were reduced, including articles of amendment from $15 to $60 for domestic corporations, and dissolution fees from $5 to $10.

REQUIREMENT

New fee of $30 was added for service of process on the secretary of state, which can be recovered as costs if the party prevails in court.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
29 Yea 2 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 542
executive
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 443
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 407
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to S.J. 321
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 7 H.J. 311
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 7 H.J. 304
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 291
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 271
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to H.J. 105
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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