---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "South Dakota SB 28 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Emergency Clause", "Game", "Fish", "Parks", "and Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbcd985a-36b6-4111-9934-66cb19c16959"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=28&Session=2018"
source_hash: "41a8891599a67dd42839ed3dbd5e60c3eb5fc2039c7bef02a11e0e90c6842c6e"
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 28 (2018) — make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.

## 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=SB28P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=28)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB28ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=28)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **64–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0. S.J. 239 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 276 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 253 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1. H.J. 299 `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 358
- **2018-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 347
- **2018-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on February 06, 2018 S.J. 383 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-12** Signed by the Governor on February 8, 2018 S.J. 428 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbcd985a-36b6-4111-9934-66cb19c16959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).