---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to fund the development of the Cyber Incubator and Entrepreneurial Center at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to fund the development of the Cyber Incubator and Entrepreneurial Center at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1044 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c73c08-da92-449f-ae03-e335f83e9801"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1044&Session=2020"
source_hash: "a62f415cc1c01651334d66fd6ef2bf8f8225dda76ea6f7e65701f62faa32f6ba"
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 1044 (2020) — make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to fund the development of the Cyber Incubator and Entrepreneurial Center at Dakota State University 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=HB1044P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1044)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1044ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1044)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **57–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **15–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2020 — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## 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
- **2020-01-16** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 27 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 74 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 11. H.J. 472 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 437 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2. S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 491
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 H.J. 557 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 16, 2020 H.J. 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c73c08-da92-449f-ae03-e335f83e9801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).