---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1255"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1255 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecfbaf9a-8536-4d2c-bcb0-592eeb46aa02"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1255&Session=2019"
source_hash: "de9f858ee23fad4371e76efb88d76bf34d78b3476920e264ef1ef30fdeec92c2"
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 HB 1255 (2019) — make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission, 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=HB1255P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1255)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1255ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1255)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 263
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 281 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 291 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 327 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-19** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0. H.J. 427 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 453
- **2019-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 470 `passage`
- **2019-02-22** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 476 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 512
- **2019-02-26** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1. S.J. 525 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 579
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on March 04, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2019 H.J. 650 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecfbaf9a-8536-4d2c-bcb0-592eeb46aa02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).