---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the awarding of deobligated grants in accordance with policies of the Board of Water and Natural Resources."
description: "authorize the awarding of deobligated grants in accordance with policies of the Board of Water and Natural Resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "South Dakota SB 20 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d785860e-e05f-4ea1-9bf8-009d4f87a71c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23964"
source_hash: "74452a4c227df9b08a29e79b2deb6203357cd657ce5ff61eacd5a473c785876c"
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 20 (2023) — authorize the awarding of deobligated grants in accordance with policies of the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

## 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/23964/242376)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23964/250083)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — 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** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 4 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 4
- **2023-01-20** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 78
- **2023-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 93 `passage`
- **2023-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 3
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 361 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-01 S.J. 387 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/d785860e-e05f-4ea1-9bf8-009d4f87a71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).