---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize participation in contracts by certain board members and employees of water districts."
description: "authorize participation in contracts by certain board members and employees of water districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "South Dakota SB 200 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Schoenfish"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c55fd40-e3f5-4372-8dd0-dc4b203524f5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24311"
source_hash: "7bb79c6e7c97270d2d790e1cc671a27c2a997c184f72c491cc84b494340f9dfc"
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 200 (2023) — authorize participation in contracts by certain board members and employees of water districts.

## 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/24311/247944)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24311/250099)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 162 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-08** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 10
- **2023-02-09** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 235
- **2023-02-13** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 253 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 292 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 354
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 14 H.J. 364 `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/5c55fd40-e3f5-4372-8dd0-dc4b203524f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).