---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
description: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "South Dakota SB 59 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of School Districts", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Property Tax", "School Districts", "State Aid to Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03640f78-ce7d-4912-84a9-5c1e3c247828"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22995"
source_hash: "210f953083b5b6932ea6a1acc3b3e8adef5a62d9447a3a4e578da3894f35eb27"
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 59 (2022) — revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

## Version chain

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

1. **59A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/236082.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **17–1** (pass) · legislature

## 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. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-18** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-10** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 1 Amendment 59A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1 J.J. 1
- **2022-03-10** Placed on calendar , Passed, S.J. 535
- **2022-03-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 535
- **2022-03-10** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 682 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 682 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 538 `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/03640f78-ce7d-4912-84a9-5c1e3c247828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).