---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula."
description: "revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "South Dakota SB 179 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Aid to Education", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d076cf1d-3363-4eb7-9b5d-17b2baa94bd2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=179&Session=2019"
source_hash: "52e7edac3b97d31281106a9cd2f5362a38994ac1ab497c93faa0f774845f4dbd"
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 179 (2019) — revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 179ca** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd179ca.htm)
2. **Amendment 179na** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd179na.htm)
3. **House Taxation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB179HTA.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Taxation&Bill=179)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB179P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=179)
5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB179S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=179)
6. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB179SAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=179)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB179ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=179)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Recommend Referral as Amended to - 2019 — **13–0** (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 Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 231 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-20** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 179na `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 413 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 472
- **2019-02-25** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 509 Amendment 179nb
- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 509 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Taxation H.J. 552 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Taxation Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 179ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Taxation Recommend Referral as Amended to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 583
- **2019-03-04** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 603 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. H.J. 650 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 2. H.J. 698 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 698
- **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/d076cf1d-3363-4eb7-9b5d-17b2baa94bd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).