---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge, the public safety 911 emergency fund, and revenue distribution and to repeal the 911 emergency surcharge sunset clause."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge, the public safety 911 emergency fund, and revenue distribution and to repeal the 911 emergency surcharge sunset clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "South Dakota SB 98 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["911 Surcharge", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Beal", "Bolin", "Carson", "Conzet", "Cronin", "Goodwin", "Haverly", "Holmes", "Hunhoff", "Jamison", "Johnson", "Kaiser", "Kettwig", "Lake", "Lust", "Maher", "Otten (Herman)", "Peters", "Peterson (Sue)", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Rounds", "Rozum", "Smith", "Solano", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Willadsen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd831ff0-2c27-4734-be94-893e2a740105"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=98&Session=2018"
source_hash: "3ecb0ff0c9d14654442b2354c84caf82bae876e7ddfed05415d4400e03ee922c"
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 98 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge, the public safety 911 emergency fund, and revenue distribution and to repeal the 911 emergency surcharge sunset clause.

## 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=SB98P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=98)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB98ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=98)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **16–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **60–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **26–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Conzet — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 158 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed S.J. 197 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Deferred by Chair, Passed
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 2. H.J. 460 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-15** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 3. S.J. 489 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 490 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 665 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 4. H.J. 689 `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/dd831ff0-2c27-4734-be94-893e2a740105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).