---
type: "Bill"
title: "enact the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding."
description: "enact the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "South Dakota SB 20 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c860b4-5b98-4994-a340-9e657f3f465a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=20&Session=2018"
source_hash: "e157b7964900596ed6679603918a1cdca8e10fdad957d35419e40be532b42546"
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 SB 20 (2018) — enact the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

## 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=SB20P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=20)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB20ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=20)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **22–13** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **43–20** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First Reading Senate S.J. 16
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-17** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3. S.J. 114 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 13. S.J. 139 `passage`
- **2018-01-19** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 115 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 3. H.J. 568 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 43, NAYS 20. H.J. 628 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 646
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor on March 8, 2018 S.J. 756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4c860b4-5b98-4994-a340-9e657f3f465a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).