---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Board of Regents to demolish three storage structures and contract for the construction of a grounds facility at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor."
description: "authorize the Board of Regents to demolish three storage structures and contract for the construction of a grounds facility at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "South Dakota SB 42 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1546581-65f9-4ccd-80ea-baa945a0f5c4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=42&Session=2020"
source_hash: "574a147e4e4c50f6af9cb09a4c8f1b63689d60bc8b66f2d412633108d4198328"
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 42 (2020) — authorize the Board of Regents to demolish three storage structures and contract for the construction of a grounds facility at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor.

## 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=SB42P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=42)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB42ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=42)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2020 — **55–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **32–3** (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`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3. S.J. 403 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 471 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 497
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11. H.J. 508 `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 23, 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/a1546581-65f9-4ccd-80ea-baa945a0f5c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).