---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource districts."
description: "repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "South Dakota SB 44 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Waters", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e6c117-5837-4e57-98b6-48cdd6926d0b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23867"
source_hash: "1d964e79d412f2feb936775220e7493ea430f1603224e7b5f77c86710d780ddf"
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 44 (2023) — repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource 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/23867/242564)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23867/249479)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **36–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)

## 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`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-26** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 8 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 8
- **2023-01-30** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 137
- **2023-01-31** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 151 `passage`
- **2023-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 198
- **2023-02-02** Referred to H.J. 212 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3 H.J. 12 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 287
- **2023-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 36, NAYS 34 H.J. 296 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 278 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-21 S.J. 300 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/81e6c117-5837-4e57-98b6-48cdd6926d0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).