---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "South Dakota SB 48 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ac41ee-d415-4d69-ad70-f8a88675ac4e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22041"
source_hash: "8b3fb54c20de66c47cd75018a9cd612452e538268fd73f3ce3e8aafacf9ae92d"
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 48 (2021) — authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, to make an appropriation therefor, 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/22041/210427)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22041/219956)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **68–0** (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. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **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 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 399 `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 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 512 `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/48ac41ee-d415-4d69-ad70-f8a88675ac4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).