Bill Commons

SD SB 55

enacted

make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 55 pass?

Yes. SD SB 55 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 438

What is SD SB 55 about?

SD SB 55 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 55?

Senate Committee on Appropriations is the primary sponsor of SD SB 55.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-03 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 438
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Appropriationsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-03

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 438

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  2. 2026-02-25

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 395

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  3. 2026-02-24

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435

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  4. 2026-02-23

    Signed by the President S.J. 365

    passage

  5. 2026-02-20

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 5 H.J. 394

    passage

  6. 2026-02-19

    House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 372

  7. 2026-02-18

    First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 356

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  8. 2026-02-17

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 274

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  9. 2026-02-11

    Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0 J.J. 21

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  10. 2026-02-11

    Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1

  11. 2026-01-21

    Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 74

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  12. 2026-01-13

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 11

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-11 · pass · 16-0

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

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-17 · pass · 34-0

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Lapka: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Marty: yes
    • 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

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-20 · pass · 62-5

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

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