---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the arts and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the arts and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1169 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c106bf3-013c-4c4b-bbaa-e3c39025301c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22314"
source_hash: "ebe10eeeccb96ed40c27d8c383a0138ff5b4376a70abd47a286a0cb6dc0c6ad2"
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 1169 (2021) — make an appropriation for the arts 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/22314/214845)
2. **1169A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218687.pdf)
3. **1169C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219985.pdf)
4. **Senate Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22314/219681)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22314/220045)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22314/220093)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **54–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First Reading House H.J. 148
- **2021-02-01** Referred to H.J. 166 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 381
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 17 H.J. 429 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 364 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1169A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2021-03-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 448 Amendment 1169C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 448
- **2021-03-09** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 13 H.J. 535
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 H.J. 554 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 478 `passage`
- **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/5c106bf3-013c-4c4b-bbaa-e3c39025301c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).