---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "South Dakota SB 178 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Game", "Fish", "and Parks", "Public Fiscal Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e22060f7-e329-4268-96c5-ca4e579688ef"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=178&Session=2019"
source_hash: "d3e986e2df7095ff52bcd56ac89302576242620266b67ffb84b8f86677a716ce"
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 178 (2019) — make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 178ja** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd178ja.htm)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB178CNF.htm&Session=2019&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=178)
3. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB178H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=178)
4. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB178JAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=178)
5. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB178P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=178)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB178ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=178)

## Votes

- Reconsidered - 2019 — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **19–13** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **57–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **25–7** (pass) · upper

## 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 Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 178ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 1. S.J. 535 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5. S.J. 555 `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 Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 643 Amendment 178tb
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 16. H.J. 643 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 661
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 696
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 688 Amendment Cc178a
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Failed, YEAS 19, NAYS 13. S.J. 695
- **2019-03-12** Intent to reconsider S.J. 695
- **2019-03-12** Senate Reconsidered, Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 6. S.J. 697
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 7. S.J. 697
- **2019-03-12** Placed on calendar, Passed H.J. 725
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 720 Amendment Cc178a
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 10. H.J. 727
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 716
- **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/e22060f7-e329-4268-96c5-ca4e579688ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).