---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
description: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "South Dakota SB 49 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "State Aid to Education", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914d32c8-4b20-40cc-b47e-a67871489a4b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22044"
source_hash: "dba5eda28cbb8f87c06713e892bc7faad441f8ab422a7fda6485606e6a275667"
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 49 (2021) — revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

## 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/22044/210428)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22044/220268)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Recommend Referral to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **16–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **66–3** (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. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-01-19** Education Recommend Referral to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-05** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 200 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-03-10** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on calendar , Passed, H.J. 564
- **2021-03-11** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 564 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 3 H.J. 565 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 488 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 492 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 567 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 494 `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/914d32c8-4b20-40cc-b47e-a67871489a4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).