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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

Quick answers

Did SD SB 55 pass?

Yes. SD SB 55 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-03. 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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Appropriationsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

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

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  2. 2026-01-21

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

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  3. 2026-02-11

    Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1

  4. 2026-02-11

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

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  5. 2026-02-17

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

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  6. 2026-02-18

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

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  7. 2026-02-19

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

  8. 2026-02-20

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

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  9. 2026-02-23

    Signed by the President S.J. 365

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  10. 2026-02-24

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435

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  11. 2026-02-25

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

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  12. 2026-03-03

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

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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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