---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency."
description: "provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "South Dakota SB 181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Public Fiscal Administration", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c498911f-2a99-45c1-a60a-18b15fef9c83"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=181&Session=2019"
source_hash: "8d33b25e535ebd6c47e14e858c82891c2fb41938e1ca9fbc5f8cce94bf12a4a9"
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 181 (2019) — provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 181ta** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd181ta.htm)
2. **Amendment 181za** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd181za.htm)
3. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB181CNF.htm&Session=2019&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=181)
4. **House Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB181HAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Appropriations&Bill=181)
5. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB181P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=181)
6. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB181SAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=181)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB181ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=181)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **58–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **30–3** (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 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 181za `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 Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 510 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 552 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 181ta `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. H.J. 651 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 6. H.J. 692 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 699
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 713 Amendment Cc181a
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 2. S.J. 715
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 734
- **2019-03-13** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 750 Amendment Cc181a
- **2019-03-13** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 0. H.J. 751
- **2019-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 756
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 728
- **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/c498911f-2a99-45c1-a60a-18b15fef9c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).