---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "South Dakota SB 34 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Broadband", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8277c8b0-4472-4cb6-a9ea-93dc6a6930d4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22023"
source_hash: "2a374b2c4f6050aee54ba6bcacf958cb981f19a865e70593b61a558f43d10992"
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 34 (2021) — make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services 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/22023/210215)
2. **34A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218479.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22023/218904)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22023/219942)

## Votes

- Referred to — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **52–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-26** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, 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 34A `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 13, NAYS 5
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 397
- **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 52, NAYS 16 H.J. 511
- **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/8277c8b0-4472-4cb6-a9ea-93dc6a6930d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).