---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan revision process and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan revision process and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "South Dakota SB 21 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Horticulture", "Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183ec7ec-1a26-462c-b6a8-abbfc8501510"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23932"
source_hash: "27688fe8b7e2aa7bdd683bad74344da9cf13b6de0e9b15a7aa8e7cb261370fe2"
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 21 (2023) — make an appropriation for costs related to the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan revision process 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/23932/242415)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23932/250888)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **56–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **17–1** (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`
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-24** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 349 `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 56, NAYS 11 H.J. 438 `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/183ec7ec-1a26-462c-b6a8-abbfc8501510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).