---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Public Safety to remodel an existing structure in Sturgis for use as the state metrology lab, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of Public Safety to remodel an existing structure in Sturgis for use as the state metrology lab, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "South Dakota SB 177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Public Fiscal Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f3545f-3f28-4e70-8f36-4080418cefaa"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=177&Session=2019"
source_hash: "7b4970c71b035ba8d3cdd3a286bc1d47bbe34c779802c872f5b1880413e67d0a"
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 177 (2019) — authorize the Department of Public Safety to remodel an existing structure in Sturgis for use as the state metrology lab, to make an appropriation therefor, 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=SB177P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=177)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB177ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=177)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2019 — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **61–3** (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. 231 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-27** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0. S.J. 534 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5. S.J. 554 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 604 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 3. H.J. 642 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 637
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 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/17f3545f-3f28-4e70-8f36-4080418cefaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).