---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the cleanup of the Big Sioux watershed and River and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the cleanup of the Big Sioux watershed and River and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1256 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Environmental Cleanup", "Natural Resources", "Public Waters", "Sunset Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karr", "Odenbach"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9682caf4-0e8f-4846-b89d-13e26871329a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22363"
source_hash: "e2295712741585bb438d1b244618b54dbb0a21106dee4d02749224df70668b24"
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 1256 (2021) — make an appropriation for the cleanup of the Big Sioux watershed and River 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/22363/216273)
2. **1256A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219042.pdf)
3. **1256B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219075.pdf)
4. **1256C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/220004.pdf)
5. **Senate Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22363/219682)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22363/220046)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22363/220116)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–20** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karr — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 190
- **2021-02-04** Referred to H.J. 212 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to , Passed, H.J. 322 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-02-22** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 20 H.J. 360 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 340 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1256A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1256B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2021-03-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 449 Amendment 1256C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 6 S.J. 449
- **2021-03-09** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7 H.J. 536
- **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/9682caf4-0e8f-4846-b89d-13e26871329a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).