---
type: "Bill"
title: "appropriate funds for airport route restoration, business development, and air service marketing and to declare an emergency."
description: "appropriate funds for airport route restoration, business development, and air service marketing and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "South Dakota SB 162 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Curd", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duhamel", "Jamison", "Johnson (Chris)", "Johnson (David)", "Kolbeck", "Maher", "Nesiba", "Otten (Ernie)", "Peterson (Kent)", "York", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21860b6-0838-4fe6-8609-1e283e6d4db1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22279"
source_hash: "565890a5b94e229b05a1bd2fab70db77224f52687e82b8944724a08d93e19516"
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 162 (2021) — appropriate funds for airport route restoration, business development, and air service marketing 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/22279/214898)
2. **162C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217007.pdf)
3. **162D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219892.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22279/220053)
5. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22279/218908)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22279/220110)

## Votes

- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-02-25** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 1 Amendment 162C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **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 Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 7
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 398
- **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 Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 518 Amendment 162D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 21 H.J. 518
- **2021-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 462
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `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/e21860b6-0838-4fe6-8609-1e283e6d4db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).