---
type: "Bill"
title: "transfer funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency."
description: "transfer funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "South Dakota SB 36 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Transfer of Funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84de73ab-0189-4074-a82e-11d52d56da69"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=36&Session=2020"
source_hash: "6bb73c05fbf7a78f452ea63eb424295f68b4224fcab9fc273fceb3a9447a6071"
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 36 (2020) — transfer funds from the budget reserve fund 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=SB36P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=36)
2. **Senate Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB36SAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Appropriations&Bill=36)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB36ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=36)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **50–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **35–0** (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 Committee on Appropriations S.J. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 36A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 341 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** First Reading House H.J. 409
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 16. H.J. 525 `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/84de73ab-0189-4074-a82e-11d52d56da69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).