---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1026 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Firefighters", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e719d09-dec5-46fc-a10f-2f914f39efe3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23952"
source_hash: "b55c5b06dd5d6315f96710fa08ed574c61a5bdf1083e68870c1d3e392f0bef35"
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 1026 (2023) — make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state 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/23952/242374)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23952/248346)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- House 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`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-01-26** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 182 `passage`
- **2023-02-01** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 163 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 181 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 205 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-07 H.J. 242 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-13 H.J. 280 `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/9e719d09-dec5-46fc-a10f-2f914f39efe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).