---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "South Dakota SB 37 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f48ba075-2b67-43a0-8c82-f928af38d942"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=37&Session=2020"
source_hash: "d782ba2747a98cf3d9e75cf20cac0e305f1c95065a080874624812b7b3ac93af"
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 37 (2020) — make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state 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=SB37P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=37)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB37ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=37)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 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 Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-07** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 178 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** First Reading House H.J. 257
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 422 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Referred to House of Representatives, Passed H.J. 439 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 455 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 421
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f48ba075-2b67-43a0-8c82-f928af38d942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).