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SD SB 240

enacted

make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 240 pass?

Yes. SD SB 240 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541

What is SD SB 240 about?

SD SB 240 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 240?

Wipf, Vilhauer, Shubeck and 7 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 240.

Introduced
2026-02-04
Latest action
2026-03-12 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wipfprimary
  • Vilhauerprimary
  • Shubeckprimary
  • Pischkeprimary
  • Peterson (Drew)primary
  • Emeryprimary
  • Deibertprimary
  • Bahmullerprimary
  • Walburgprimary
  • Davisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-12

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541

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  2. 2026-03-09

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488

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  3. 2026-03-05

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530

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  4. 2026-03-04

    Signed by the President S.J. 470

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  5. 2026-03-03

    House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2 H.J. 488

  6. 2026-03-02

    Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 477

  7. 2026-03-02

    First Reading House H.J. 469

  8. 2026-02-26

    Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 415

  9. 2026-02-26

    Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 415 Amendment 240A

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  10. 2026-02-24

    Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0

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  11. 2026-02-24

    Scheduled for hearing

  12. 2026-02-18

    Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 15

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  13. 2026-02-18

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  14. 2026-02-04

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 180

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Referred to

    2026-02-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hohn: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Nelson: yes
    • Rohl: yes
    • Schoenfish: yes
    • Sauder: yes
    • Deibert: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-24 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Miskimins: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Kassin: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Vilhauer: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Voita: absent
    • Jorgenson: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Foster: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Muckey: yes
    • Zikmund: yes
    • Kolbeck (Jack): yes
    • Novstrup: yes
    • Lapka: yes
    • Otten: yes
    • Derby: yes

  • Do Pass Amended

    2026-02-26 · pass · 31-1

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: excused
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): excused
    • Lapka: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Marty: yes
    • Mehlhaff: yes
    • Miskimins: yes
    • Nelson: yes
    • Otten: yes
    • Perry: no
    • 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

  • Do Pass Amended

    2026-03-03 · pass · 64-2

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: yes
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: yes
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Baxter: yes
    • Czmowski: excused
    • DeGroot: yes
    • Derby: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Fosness: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Gosch: yes
    • Greenfield: yes
    • Halverson: yes
    • Healy: yes
    • Heermann: yes
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Ismay: yes
    • Jamison: yes
    • Jensen (Phil): excused
    • Jordan: yes
    • Jorgenson: yes
    • Kassin: yes
    • Kayser: yes
    • Kolbeck (Jack): yes
    • Kull: yes
    • Ladner: yes
    • Lems: yes
    • Manhart: yes
    • Massie: yes
    • May: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Muckey: yes
    • Mulally: no
    • Mulder: yes
    • Nolz: yes
    • Novstrup: yes
    • Odenbach: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Peterson (Drew): yes
    • Pourier: yes
    • Randolph: no
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Rice: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Schwans: yes
    • Shorma: yes
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Soye: excused
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

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https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/27224

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