---
type: "Bill"
title: "appropriate funds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
description: "appropriate funds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "South Dakota SB 55 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Broadband", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a716dd5-28f0-44fe-8834-525a006f8721"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23068"
source_hash: "957246bd5aff1a8f0fae50ec785af8baebefd8b89d633c2c417dd352e79d3686"
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 55 (2022) — appropriate funds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (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. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-10** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 239 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-02-17** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 313 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 430
- **2022-02-24** Referred to H.J. 467 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 581 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 479 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 635 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-09 S.J. 495 `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/5a716dd5-28f0-44fe-8834-525a006f8721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).