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+type: "Bill"
+title: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
+description: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 54"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 54 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Public Fiscal Administration", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-09"
+last_action: "2018-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad43313e-557f-4877-9069-2cb829d79f24"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=54&Session=2018"
+source_hash: "a8dc36358149896a564bdfa69153fae9b55d88a00366810e386cc0d95547ec04"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 54 (2018) — make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB54P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=54)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB54ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=54)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass - 2018 — **25–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass - 2018 — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass - 2018 — **61–4** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2018-02-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9. S.J. 375 `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 358 `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
+- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
+- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
+- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
+- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 462
+- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
+- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 501
+- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 539
+- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 565
+- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
+- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4. H.J. 608 `passage`
+- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 623
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 653
+- **2018-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on March 01, 2018 S.J. 660 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 6, 2018 S.J. 738 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad43313e-557f-4877-9069-2cb829d79f24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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