---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to continue the veteran's bonus program and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to continue the veteran's bonus program and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1020 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dda2331d-075a-4e55-96ec-370ad6484933"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22013"
source_hash: "832bc312c9db9b32a88b9bab98cbe341fdd65057faef6452e8d88d0cc56c6c9d"
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 HB 1020 (2021) — make an appropriation to continue the veteran's bonus program 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/Session/Bill/22013/210217)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22013/219405)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Recommend Referral to — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **54–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First Reading House H.J. 10
- **2021-01-15** Referred to H.J. 34 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-26** Military and Veterans Affairs Recommend Referral to , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-08** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 `committee-failure`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 13 H.J. 390 `passage`
- **2021-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 401 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 502 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dda2331d-075a-4e55-96ec-370ad6484933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).