---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the assistance provided to counties by state firefighting resources."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the assistance provided to counties by state firefighting resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "South Dakota SB 68 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Game", "Fish", "Parks", "and Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Beal", "Bolin", "Curd", "Ewing", "Haverly", "Holmes", "Johns", "Johnson", "Klumb", "Maher", "Novstrup", "Peters", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rhoden", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Steinhauer", "Tulson", "Turbiville", "York", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba113bb-ea19-437d-80ef-0311013b598d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=68&Session=2018"
source_hash: "8b04bc64f85eaee858cc52598bda17c7395e3b13a938090a17e68eb3c9e4eb3c"
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 68 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the assistance provided to counties by state firefighting resources.

## 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=SB68P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=68)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB68ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=68)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1048, HB 1049, HB 1068, SB 68, SB 75, SB 88 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 65 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 167 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-23** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 202 `passage`
- **2018-01-24** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 181 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 676 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 706 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 776 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 2018 S.J. 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba113bb-ea19-437d-80ef-0311013b598d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).