---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property and contract for design of a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property and contract for design of a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "South Dakota SB 53 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6301269d-4d51-40ec-a1ec-39d534e2e3cd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23065"
source_hash: "e751e867db3d69bf05d01ba600dea4b0d6632b1a2055be0ffd0574b753aea407"
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 53 (2022) — authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property and contract for design of a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, 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. **53A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229499.pdf)
2. **53C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232714.pdf)
3. **53D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234453.pdf)
4. **53G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235632.pdf)
5. **53H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235736.pdf)
6. **53K** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/236321.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 — **48–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Pass — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **50–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **45–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- Reconsidered — **49–19** (pass) · lower
- Referred as Amended to — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **50–19** (pass) · lower

## 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. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 53A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 53C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Commerce and Energy Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **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 Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2022-02-23** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 331 Amendment 53D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 331
- **2022-02-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 465 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-28** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, H.J. 1 `committee-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Committee on Appropriations Do Not Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 2 H.J. 1
- **2022-03-02** Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 21 H.J. 518
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 23 H.J. 529
- **2022-03-02** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 529
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 19 H.J. 532
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 18 H.J. 533 Amendment 53G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 534 Amendment 53H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 21 H.J. 534
- **2022-03-09** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 500
- **2022-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 650
- **2022-03-09** Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 53K `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 516
- **2022-03-10** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 19 H.J. 661
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 538 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 S.J. 539 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 542 `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/6301269d-4d51-40ec-a1ec-39d534e2e3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).