---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the construction of the precision agriculture building and certain renovations at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the construction of the precision agriculture building and certain renovations at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1264 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Horticulture", "Appropriations", "Board of Regents", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Bartling", "Cammack", "Frerichs", "Glanzer", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Holmes", "Hunhoff", "Kettwig", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "Langer", "Mills", "Nesiba", "Otten (Herman)", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Reed", "Sutton", "Tidemann", "Tulson", "White", "Wiik", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0073c3f1-caa0-4f2a-8b79-b6eb7d82ac76"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1264&Session=2018"
source_hash: "8f9dc0c40a5b2f2c59e8681ae2b725e29e435235ad394df2cfa921c0bfdf9aad"
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 1264 (2018) — authorize the construction of the precision agriculture building and certain renovations at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1264CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=1264)
2. **House State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1264HST.htm&Session=2018&Version=House State Affairs&Bill=1264)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1264P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1264)
4. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1264SAP.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=1264)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1264ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1264)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **31–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **66–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **51–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **30–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Cammack — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 250 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1264oa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** State Affairs Title amended, Passed H.J. 508 Amendment 1264ota
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 1. H.J. 559 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 581 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1264fa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed S.J. 682 Amendment 1264fta
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 727 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 747
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed H.J. 726
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 752 Amendment Cc1264a
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 14. H.J. 755
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 762 Amendment cc1264a
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2. S.J. 771
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 790
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 788
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 791 `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/0073c3f1-caa0-4f2a-8b79-b6eb7d82ac76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).