---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the transfer of certain surplus real estate in Rapid City to the Ellsworth Development Authority and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the transfer of certain surplus real estate in Rapid City to the Ellsworth Development Authority and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "South Dakota SB 40 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Property", "School and Public Lands", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e08d4837-2aa0-4162-b7f6-d56dc4832b97"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=40&Session=2018"
source_hash: "2b6d539a57147da698bea95a1742b2c1348eda025fc0d081aa36ffbfd7470ba2"
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 40 (2018) — authorize the transfer of certain surplus real estate in Rapid City to the Ellsworth Development Authority 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=SB40P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=40)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB40ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=40)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **62–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **33–0** (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. 20 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-19** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. S.J. 149 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 182 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 152 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 188
- **2018-01-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 215
- **2018-01-30** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6. H.J. 236 `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Signed by the President S.J. 307
- **2018-02-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 302
- **2018-02-02** Delivered to the Governor on February 02, 2018 S.J. 344 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-06** Signed by the Governor on February 5, 2018 S.J. 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e08d4837-2aa0-4162-b7f6-d56dc4832b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).