---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the State Conservation Commission and conservation districts."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the State Conservation Commission and conservation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1214"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1214 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Horticulture", "Environmental Protection", "Local Government", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Cronin", "Dennert", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Gosch", "Heinemann", "Kettwig", "Klumb", "Lake", "Lesmeister", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Rhoden", "Ring", "Rusch", "Schaefer", "Schoenfish", "Soholt", "Tidemann", "Turbiville", "Wiik", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9a820d9-7ad9-4add-90b2-684f29db0024"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1214&Session=2018"
source_hash: "e8991b219ee7485c0cd1c2fcc669a5771b2586df38a0b83a347732ffe4e077d2"
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 1214 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the State Conservation Commission and conservation districts.

## 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=HB1214P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1214)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1214ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1214)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018HB 1214, HB 1217, SB 35, SB 36, SB 37, HB 1083, HB 1085, SB 30, SB 38 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1148, HB 1214, HB 1079, HB 1119, HB 1205 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 201 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 273 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 317 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 367 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-13** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 444 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-14** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 468 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 481
- **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/f9a820d9-7ad9-4add-90b2-684f29db0024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).