---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer funds to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer funds to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1017 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Corrections", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Transfer of Funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cee79c5e-a8b1-4904-89c8-6242209d1a23"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23949"
source_hash: "6dca446a43748961c6bcc622b714affb9b14c969f723b2147c99099496d2ee6e"
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 HB 1017 (2023) — authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer funds to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23949/242337)
2. **1017A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250011.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23949/250441)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23949/250846)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **53–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 J.J. 7 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 374
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 387 Amendment 1017A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 16 H.J. 387
- **2023-02-28** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 368 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 391
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 430 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 H.J. 497 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.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/cee79c5e-a8b1-4904-89c8-6242209d1a23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).