SD HB 1244

enacted

repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did SD HB 1244 pass?

Yes. SD HB 1244 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-30. Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580

What is SD HB 1244 about?

SD HB 1244 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.”.

Who sponsors SD HB 1244?

Wittman, Van Diepen, Uhre-Balk and 9 others are the primary sponsors of SD HB 1244.

Introduced: 2026-02-02
Latest action: 2026-03-30 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-02
First read in House and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 193
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2026-02-24
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-24
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 3
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2026-02-25
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 14 H.J. 446
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2026-02-26
First Reading Senate S.J. 412
2026-03-02
Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425
2026-03-03
Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 443
2026-03-04
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 463
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2026-03-05
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529
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2026-03-09
Signed by the President S.J. 506
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2026-03-10
Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546
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2026-03-30
Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580
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Versions

Introduced — 2026-01-29Compare
Enrolled — 2026-03-05Compare

Documents

Votes

Do Pass
2026-02-24 · pass · 14-3
Member-level votes (18)
- Miskimins: yes
- Auch: yes
- Kassin: yes
- Moore: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Carley: no
- Voita: absent
- Jorgenson: yes
- Howard: no
- Foster: yes
- Sjaarda: no
- Muckey: yes
- Zikmund: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): yes
- Novstrup: yes
- Lapka: yes
- Otten: yes
- Derby: yes
Do Pass
2026-02-25 · pass · 51-14
Member-level votes (70)
- Andera: no
- Arlint: yes
- Auch: yes
- Aylward: excused
- Bahmuller: yes
- Bathke: excused
- Baxter: no
- Czmowski: yes
- DeGroot: yes
- Derby: yes
- Duffy: yes
- Emery: yes
- Fitzgerald: no
- Fosness: yes
- Garcia: no
- Goodwin: no
- Gosch: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Halverson: yes
- Healy: yes
- Heermann: yes
- Heinemann: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Hunt: no
- Ismay: no
- Jamison: yes
- Jensen (Phil): no
- Jordan: no
- Jorgenson: yes
- Kassin: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): yes
- Kull: yes
- Ladner: yes
- Lems: yes
- Manhart: no
- Massie: yes
- May: yes
- Moore: yes
- Mortenson: yes
- Muckey: yes
- Mulally: no
- Mulder: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Novstrup: yes
- Odenbach: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Peterson (Drew): excused
- Pourier: yes
- Randolph: no
- Rehfeldt: yes
- Reimer: yes
- Reisch: yes
- Rice: no
- Roby: yes
- Roe: yes
- Schaefbauer: no
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: yes
- Shubeck: yes
- Sjaarda: yes
- Soye: excused
- Stevens: yes
- Uhre-Balk: yes
- Van Diepen: yes
- Walburg: excused
- Weems: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Wittman: yes
- Hansen: yes
Do Pass
2026-03-04 · pass · 30-4
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: no
- Carley: no
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: yes
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hohn: yes
- Howard: no
- Hulse: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Larson: yes
- Marty: no
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Otten: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): yes
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/27029

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