---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding access to public water."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding access to public water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1140 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Highways and Bridges", "Nonmeandered Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartels", "Bartling", "Beal", "Curd", "Dennert", "Duvall", "Hawley", "Jamison", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Johnson", "Kaiser", "Kennedy", "Kettwig", "Lust", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peters", "Pischke", "Reed", "Smith", "Soholt", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "Stevens", "White", "Willadsen", "Wismer", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/621c90f0-aabb-473a-aa92-f94da17b6163"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1140&Session=2018"
source_hash: "b02ddd1ad1d1848be3cef3a7d96217d3430c70ceac315ed04f0fc12d73b768d8"
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 1140 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding access to public water.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1140H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1140)
2. **House State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1140HST.htm&Session=2018&Version=House State Affairs&Bill=1140)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1140P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1140)
4. **Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1140SAG.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources&Bill=1140)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1140ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1140)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **57–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **23–10** (pass) · legislature
- Motion to amend - 2018 — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **52–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 150 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1140oa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-02** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 306 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 360
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 405
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 444 Amendment 1140ka
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 9. H.J. 444 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 485 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4. Amendment 1140fc
- **2018-03-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3. S.J. 655 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 23, NAYS 10. S.J. 721 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 14. H.J. 727
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/621c90f0-aabb-473a-aa92-f94da17b6163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).