---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for water, wastewater and storm water projects throughout state government, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for water, wastewater and storm water projects throughout state government, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "South Dakota SB 50 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2704d380-482e-434c-9bf7-42f4be323206"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23014"
source_hash: "aa865254839a08c9cb89d6c5ab31797e526686f40678cd49bd90fead592eeaed"
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 50 (2022) — make an appropriation for water, wastewater and storm water projects throughout state government, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **50A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235038.pdf)

## Votes

- Referred to — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-07** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 239 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 312 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 430
- **2022-02-24** Committee assignment waived H.J. 468
- **2022-02-25** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 481
- **2022-02-28** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 490 Amendment 50A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 490
- **2022-03-02** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 436
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 543 `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/2704d380-482e-434c-9bf7-42f4be323206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).