---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the State Veterans Cemetery and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the State Veterans Cemetery and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "South Dakota SB 181 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Cemeteries", "Emergency Clause", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castleberry", "Goodwin", "Johnson (Chris)", "Pourier", "Smith (VJ)", "Stalzer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01fbde98-5559-4675-9417-9be685b54e88"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22145"
source_hash: "165cb79b8f2a710f82e000b563d61ac76582673cac5750bbacd538ed46493d4f"
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 181 (2021) — make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the State Veterans Cemetery 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/22145/215962)
2. **181A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217239.pdf)
3. **181B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218630.pdf)
4. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22145/218905)
5. **Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22145/217527)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22145/219966)

## Votes

- Referred to — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **14–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 171 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 181A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 3 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 181B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 4
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 396
- **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 Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 10 H.J. 514
- **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/01fbde98-5559-4675-9417-9be685b54e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).