---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1259 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Public Fiscal Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d924dc2e-04e6-4ed6-8519-34e6cddcc47d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1259&Session=2019"
source_hash: "e9b0c88f2715e37129e3a201678c4d290029c6883c27d4c469ead6e47dc88272"
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 1259 (2019) — make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state 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=HB1259P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1259)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1259ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1259)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **34–0** (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. 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`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-08** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. H.J. 338 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 363
- **2019-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 376 `passage`
- **2019-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 368 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 562 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **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, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 653 `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 21, 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/d924dc2e-04e6-4ed6-8519-34e6cddcc47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).