---
type: "Bill"
title: "remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts."
description: "remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1255"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1255 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of School Districts", "Education", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Latterell", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2a0448-f669-4536-a577-41b501d797fb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1255&Session=2020"
source_hash: "46ded06618bdbe92e739f872522a3f2851e59b595d2c9233e13bfe1eb9c02c79"
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 1255 (2020) — remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts.

## 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=HB1255P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1255)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1255ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1255)

## Votes

- - 2020HB 1255, HB 1255 — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1110, HB 1255, HCR 6011, HCR 6011, HB 1255, HB 1110 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Latterell — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 210
- **2020-02-10** Referred to House Education H.J. 242 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-24** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1. H.J. 410 `passage`
- **2020-02-27** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 367 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-04** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2020 H.J. 538 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 H.J. 628 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2a0448-f669-4536-a577-41b501d797fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).