---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the classification of agricultural land for property tax purposes."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the classification of agricultural land for property tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "South Dakota SB 4 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Land", "Interim Study", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cammack", "Kennedy", "McCleerey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0543cf-6f08-4a60-befc-497a89af54cf"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=4&Session=2019"
source_hash: "3337c53fde45054f709025786125f7fda963df12780ac15f215ce99c0bdad894"
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 4 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding the classification of agricultural land for property tax purposes.

## 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=SB4P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=4)
2. **Senate Taxation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB4STA.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Taxation&Bill=4)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB4ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=4)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend - 2019 — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cammack — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation S.J. 21 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** Taxation Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. Amendment 4jd
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** Taxation Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 277 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 320
- **2019-02-11** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2. S.J. 335 `passage`
- **2019-02-12** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 371 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-05** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 626 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 668 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **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 20, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d0543cf-6f08-4a60-befc-497a89af54cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).