---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the appropriation for a livestock and equestrian complex at the State Fair, and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise the appropriation for a livestock and equestrian complex at the State Fair, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "South Dakota SB 18 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b85e23-7bc7-410c-a92a-46b232662e3e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23933"
source_hash: "a15d74660090dba5240a7b56ef54fe602816ab0b3bff481adf937c36ff34fcad"
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 18 (2023) — revise the appropriation for a livestock and equestrian complex at the State Fair, 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/23933/242345)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23933/250722)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **51–18** (pass) · lower

## 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. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 6 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 9 S.J. 329 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 373 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 395
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 18 H.J. 410 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-06 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 475 `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/e0b85e23-7bc7-410c-a92a-46b232662e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).