---
type: "Bill"
title: "make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
description: "make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "South Dakota SB 17 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Water Management", "Water Quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea57fc2e-3b84-436a-85b4-a046d2f979f4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23931"
source_hash: "449014a8de3907b6c53421bd1f66255ea6798bf31821577d25eeeda0b5efa152"
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 17 (2023) — make appropriations for water and environmental purposes 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/23931/242344)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23931/250881)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## 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. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-19** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 J.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 351 `passage`
- **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 Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 437 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 417 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/ea57fc2e-3b84-436a-85b4-a046d2f979f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).