---
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: "SB 172"
citation: "South Dakota SB 172 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Public Fiscal Administration", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ccb4114-a2c3-4a9e-a580-7c0302459068"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=172&Session=2019"
source_hash: "3b3734b3f7778c692cbeda4ffafe16bcfa7f42cb81852ef77bde5280d0ef7762"
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 172 (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. **Amendment 172wa** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd172wa.htm)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB172JAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=172)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB172P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=172)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB172ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=172)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **15–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2019 — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 230 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-12** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 172wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Joint Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed S.J. 717 Amendment 172wta
- **2019-03-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 2. S.J. 725 `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-13** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 753 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 0. H.J. 753 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 729
- **2019-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 756
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 13, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ccb4114-a2c3-4a9e-a580-7c0302459068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).