---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the appropriation for the State Veterans' Cemetery and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise the appropriation for the State Veterans' Cemetery and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "South Dakota SB 35 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/093d085c-db1f-4dce-bb02-be79b06e7ea5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=35&Session=2020"
source_hash: "ff7cd8b6eb94d6509056b60bfd13680012981570497337d53f9454b53e8af465"
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 35 (2020) — revise the appropriation for the State Veterans' Cemetery 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=SB35P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=35)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB35ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=35)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-10** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 214 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** First Reading House H.J. 279
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 422 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 497
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 511 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 475
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/093d085c-db1f-4dce-bb02-be79b06e7ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).