---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise petition requirements and the criteria for issuance of a water right permit."
description: "revise petition requirements and the criteria for issuance of a water right permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1028 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Petitions", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3f9557-fc76-4c4d-bc7c-db1cce73d098"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22104"
source_hash: "6d636c19be6868c244f26e4359d019292cec679d578622230403459016010d0c"
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 1028 (2021) — revise petition requirements and the criteria for issuance of a water right permit.

## 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/22104/210647)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22104/217234)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in House and referred to H.J. 1 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-26** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 21 H.J. 142 `passage`
- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-09** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11 S.J. 240 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Signed by the President S.J. 271 `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-17 H.J. 303 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-22** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-22 H.J. 326 `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/ab3f9557-fc76-4c4d-bc7c-db1cce73d098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).