---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the American Indian Student Center at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor."
description: "authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the American Indian Student Center at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "South Dakota SB 50 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Board of Regents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58631a5a-e8a1-4ccb-bde2-902cfd764c16"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=50&Session=2018"
source_hash: "99f30aaa4501572eb18cd03e01f0dabd27ea3d4b72bc2d3c13872af783699da0"
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 50 (2018) — authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the American Indian Student Center at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

## 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=SB50P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=50)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB50ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=50)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **28–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **50–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **15–0** (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. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0. S.J. 342 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6. S.J. 373 `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 357 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 462
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 501
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 539
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 565
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 15. H.J. 606 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 623
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 653
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on March 01, 2018 S.J. 660 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 6, 2018 S.J. 738 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58631a5a-e8a1-4ccb-bde2-902cfd764c16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).