---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1189 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Broadband", "Emergency Clause", "Hoghouse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunhoff", "Karr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb2579d-7f22-4159-848c-2b76cd3fc79f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1189&Session=2020"
source_hash: "82fd8393c81bd6274b9957c4e13b2ccee473d21c2fd4c446fa58a72b5d5b827e"
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 1189 (2020) — make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services 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=HB1189P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1189)
2. **House Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1189HAP.html&Session=2020&Version=House Appropriations&Bill=1189)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1189ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1189)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 98
- **2020-02-11** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 256 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1189A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-03** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 14. H.J. 475 `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 Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 467 `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 27, 2020 H.J. 630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb2579d-7f22-4159-848c-2b76cd3fc79f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).