---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for rural access infrastructure improvements and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for rural access infrastructure improvements and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1259 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Counties", "Emergency Clause", "Fund", "Highways and Bridges", "Hoghouse", "Townships", "Transfer of Funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Crabtree", "Finck", "Gross", "Hoffman", "Otten (Ernie)", "Schneider", "Vasgaard", "Wiese"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36268e0-3a2b-4d82-bacf-755a884eefe3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22404"
source_hash: "be0ca1bf55b8f9a3e70fd6bf74d32025a4d050baef59028057fddef706d3049f"
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 1259 (2021) — make an appropriation for rural access infrastructure improvements 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/22404/216290)
2. **1259F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218657.pdf)
3. **1259G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219090.pdf)
4. **1259H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219822.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22404/219344)
6. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22404/218909)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22404/220047)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22404/220118)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Vasgaard — primary (person)
- Wiese — 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`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-02-23** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1259F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0
- **2021-03-03** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 484 Amendment 1259G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 484
- **2021-03-04** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 418 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 449 Amendment 1259H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 450
- **2021-03-09** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 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/d36268e0-3a2b-4d82-bacf-755a884eefe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).