---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to revise the income eligibility requirements for property and sales tax refunds, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to revise the income eligibility requirements for property and sales tax refunds, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1256 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Public Welfare and Assistance", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d10ee2-f133-4649-bfb2-5ed035d2da78"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1256&Session=2019"
source_hash: "4c02446b3e17c8e7493b54a4fb9f87bdf0c7c71528f3dd9c3ef8ea8ccf3244a2"
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 1256 (2019) — make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to revise the income eligibility requirements for property and sales tax refunds, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 1256za** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1256za.htm)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1256JAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=1256)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1256P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1256)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1256ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1256)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 264
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 281 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 327 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1256za `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed H.J. 530 Amendment 1256zta
- **2019-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0. H.J. 570 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 551 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 595
- **2019-03-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 607
- **2019-03-06** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 632
- **2019-03-07** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 655 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 710
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 681
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 H.J. 712 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 H.J. 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77d10ee2-f133-4649-bfb2-5ed035d2da78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).