---
type: "Bill"
title: "redefine the criteria for classifying land as agricultural for tax purposes."
description: "redefine the criteria for classifying land as agricultural for tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1085 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Land", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Dennert", "Duvall", "Finck", "Koth", "Lesmeister", "Otten (Ernie)", "Wink"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac2e57d0-4ea8-41e6-b22c-2fe333eb7933"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21907"
source_hash: "2d40ed07e2b836690ea468c2104fed63f6a59b04f30ceec9151dcb00dff05217"
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 1085 (2021) — redefine the criteria for classifying land as agricultural for tax purposes.

## 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/21907/212951)
2. **1085B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215084.pdf)
3. **1085D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215488.pdf)
4. **1085E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216667.pdf)
5. **1085J** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217196.pdf)
6. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21907/216829)
7. **House Taxation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21907/215677)
8. **Senate Taxation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21907/218386)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21907/218959)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–35** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **41–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Reconsidered — **44–26** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Wink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 119 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Taxation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1085B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Taxation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1085D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Taxation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2
- **2021-02-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 35 H.J. 218
- **2021-02-04** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 218
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 26 H.J. 223
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 227 Amendment 1085E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 27 H.J. 228
- **2021-02-08** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 208 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-24** Taxation Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 1085J `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Taxation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 7 S.J. 368
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 459
- **2021-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `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/ac2e57d0-4ea8-41e6-b22c-2fe333eb7933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).