---
type: "Bill"
title: "appropriate funds for the Dakota State University Cyber Program Expansion and to declare an emergency."
description: "appropriate funds for the Dakota State University Cyber Program Expansion and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "South Dakota SB 54 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Cyber Security", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b192bad2-59db-4e1a-b1f5-a4c2785b0d0f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23067"
source_hash: "176f659e66d33025a62379334760bd9a9242f5ec4de29e2c843add9dab3472cc"
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 54 (2022) — appropriate funds for the Dakota State University Cyber Program Expansion and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **54A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/234236.pdf)
2. **54B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235495.pdf)
3. **54C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235551.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (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`
- **2022-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-02** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, 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 Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 312 Amendment 54A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 312
- **2022-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 430
- **2022-02-24** Referred to H.J. 467 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 54B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2022-03-07** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 603 Amendment 54C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8 H.J. 604
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `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. 544 `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/b192bad2-59db-4e1a-b1f5-a4c2785b0d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).