---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "South Dakota SB 19 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Litigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943b9479-1738-4e5e-a6b6-9b0d4f51e956"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23944"
source_hash: "1006f93a0201ae5a967c7167c6f41a9193c960c7a549502eadc58f64245332f8"
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 19 (2023) — make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses 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/23944/242347)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23944/249723)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **57–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–2** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **8–0** (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. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 254 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 293 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 310
- **2023-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 12 H.J. 325 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 310 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 S.J. 347 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-02 S.J. 402 `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/943b9479-1738-4e5e-a6b6-9b0d4f51e956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).