---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Elm Lake Dam spillway and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Elm Lake Dam spillway and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "South Dakota SB 34 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Property", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Property", "Purchases", "and Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f83535cf-7113-4953-97d1-6d1c36624a57"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=34&Session=2019"
source_hash: "b83f75c9e9fdf756e501da5d4402ce83872dece26e72a160153d1805c0f8fc6c"
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 34 (2019) — make an appropriation for the replacement of the Elm Lake Dam spillway 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=SB34P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=34)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB34ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=34)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 27 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. S.J. 179 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 198
- **2019-02-13** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 370 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 416 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 443
- **2019-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 453
- **2019-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 464 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 622
- **2019-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 7, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f83535cf-7113-4953-97d1-6d1c36624a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).