---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from west of the city of Fort Pierre to the city of Rapid City and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from west of the city of Fort Pierre to the city of Rapid City and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "South Dakota SB 93 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Railroads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Breitling", "Cammack", "Castleberry", "Derby", "Duhamel", "Duvall", "Finck", "Johns", "Maher", "Mortenson", "Olson", "Reed", "Schneider", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Tidemann", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfbe372b-6a6b-4db8-b104-920db2ec3b61"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22078"
source_hash: "6fd550ee216476f9ae416085b769a4474fb250061e187fe0fdde68d9532fc9b5"
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 93 (2021) — make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from west of the city of Fort Pierre to the city of Rapid City 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/22078/212591)
2. **93A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216625.pdf)
3. **93E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217858.pdf)
4. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22078/218906)
5. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22078/216736)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22078/219960)

## Votes

- Referred as Amended to — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **15–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **57–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Breitling — primary (person)
- Cammack — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Derby — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 96 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Prime Sponsor Changed at the Request of the Prime Sponsor , Passed, S.J. 169
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 93A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Transportation Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2021-02-22** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 93E `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 15, NAYS 3
- **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 57, NAYS 11 H.J. 513
- **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/dfbe372b-6a6b-4db8-b104-920db2ec3b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).