---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to provide for a crisis stabilization unit and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to provide for a crisis stabilization unit and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "South Dakota SB 144 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castleberry", "Derby", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Foster", "Johns", "Milstead", "Olson", "Reed", "Schoenbeck", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f5ba87-0022-4416-9ab3-e02a7678ffd7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22343"
source_hash: "d9022b84e8301587b53e3aa4fc08e63ca935930b93d3c1f58f2af636907e32d3"
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 SB 144 (2021) — make an appropriation to provide for a crisis stabilization unit 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/22343/214712)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22343/220028)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **15–3** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Derby — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 133 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-03** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 400 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 494 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8 H.J. 518 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 465 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 476 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/18f5ba87-0022-4416-9ab3-e02a7678ffd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).