---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020."
description: "revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "South Dakota SB 38 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f2e7cc-2cbb-43d1-bf83-7c5498af7b29"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=38&Session=2020"
source_hash: "ef087fad6f0d70e223888efc42ee2e5b3c7d69d76ea4c2f865d9b88ead5b690e"
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 38 (2020) — revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020.

## 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=SB38P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=38)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB38JAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=38)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB38ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=38)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **53–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **16–2** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2020-03-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-12** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 38E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-12** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on calendar, Passed H.J. 619
- **2020-03-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 13. H.J. 619 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on calendar, Passed S.J. 550
- **2020-03-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2. S.J. 550 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 620
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 552 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 552
- **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/20f2e7cc-2cbb-43d1-bf83-7c5498af7b29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).