---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "South Dakota SB 16 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Railroads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c005c058-d046-4d86-9462-948ff5d0aa92"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945"
source_hash: "d07b5663a5012f0c1abc71b74bd5397fe40d68363a85467557e7211067e53615"
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 16 (2023) — make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton 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/23945/242336)
2. **16A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250194.pdf)
3. **16C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250301.pdf)
4. **16E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/251124.pdf)
5. **16F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/251276.pdf)
6. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945/251351)
7. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945/251185)
8. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945/250242)
9. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945/250432)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23945/251359)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **10–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **51–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-08** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 14 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 8 J.J. 17 Amendment 16A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1 J.J. 17
- **2023-02-27** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 349 Amendment 16C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 349
- **2023-02-28** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 400 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 446
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 482 Amendment 16E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 18 H.J. 482
- **2023-03-07** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 453
- **2023-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 508
- **2023-03-08** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 16F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 3 S.J. 467
- **2023-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 16 H.J. 520
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 490 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 494 `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/c005c058-d046-4d86-9462-948ff5d0aa92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).