---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding capital outlay obligations."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding capital outlay obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1297 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Districts", "State Aid to Education", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cronin", "Duvall", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Kaiser", "Lake", "Langer", "Lesmeister", "May", "Qualm", "Rhoden", "Rounds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100ee5ee-f785-408e-a455-25d6066bf31a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1297&Session=2018"
source_hash: "6e10c118ca24a1b93aa68aac2fe67b9eae92aea7700a86388286c163b51ca3f6"
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 1297 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding capital outlay obligations.

## 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=HB1297H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1297)
2. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1297HED.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Education&Bill=1297)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1297P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1297)
4. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1297SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=1297)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1297ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1297)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cronin — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 287 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1297ba `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 2. H.J. 510 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 560 Amendment 1297ka
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 560 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 581 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1297jb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1297ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 654 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 721 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 728
- **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 23, 2018 H.J. 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/100ee5ee-f785-408e-a455-25d6066bf31a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).