---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1024 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Litigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/101f25d3-783f-4901-9602-964da5240c8e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1024&Session=2020"
source_hash: "b9b88ebc82c5b3483f8023458664ced0fb5b1ef76c02f2ffbb1d706b8b42b82f"
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 HB 1024 (2020) — make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1024P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1024)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1024ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1024)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2020 — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **64–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-15** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 19 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 74 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-07** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 4. H.J. 248 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 189 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2. S.J. 214 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 291
- **2020-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 245
- **2020-02-19** Delivered to the Governor on February 19, 2020 H.J. 307 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the Governor on February 24, 2020 H.J. 373 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/101f25d3-783f-4901-9602-964da5240c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).