---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize townships to use a tax levy for emergency medical services."
description: "authorize townships to use a tax levy for emergency medical services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1076"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1076 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Townships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartels", "Bolin", "Dennert", "Frerichs", "Hawley", "Karr", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Langer", "Lesmeister", "McCleerey", "Nesiba", "Peterson (Kent)", "Pischke", "Smith", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4df047-0a94-438c-aaa0-f77d49d53b63"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1076&Session=2018"
source_hash: "1ccaf5dd3b86eef70f42765d837fa39b0a68414f88a9459512af3f678f10ef10"
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 HB 1076 (2018) — authorize townships to use a tax levy for emergency medical services.

## 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=HB1076P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1076)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1076ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1076)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **34–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **66–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** First read in House and referred to House Taxation H.J. 64 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Taxation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 1. H.J. 191 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 1. H.J. 234 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation S.J. 297 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** Taxation Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 396 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1. S.J. 438 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 430
- **2018-02-20** Signed by the President S.J. 513
- **2018-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on February 21, 2018 H.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** Signed by the Governor on February 22, 2018 H.J. 544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4df047-0a94-438c-aaa0-f77d49d53b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).