---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "South Dakota SB 59 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Education", "Grants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Chase", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duba", "Emery", "Foster", "Healy", "Johnson", "Kull", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Nelson", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Pourier", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Schoenbeck", "Shorma", "Stevens", "Wheeler", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9437768-ec5c-43d7-bab9-74531d556188"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903"
source_hash: "0f8b6bfebb091ba33496375c6f7f1381ed6570c1533bc02b8ef5fa4cdc1d2131"
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 59 (2023) — make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, 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/23903/243283)
2. **59A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/245605.pdf)
3. **59B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250239.pdf)
4. **59C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250944.pdf)
5. **59F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/251296.pdf)
6. **Conference Committee Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903/251352)
7. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903/251006)
8. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903/245768)
9. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903/250454)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23903/251361)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–6** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **51–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Referred as Amended to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **55–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 44 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 59A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Education Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 6 J.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 338
- **2023-02-27** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 354 Amendment 59B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 7 S.J. 354
- **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 Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 446
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 465 Amendment 59C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 14 H.J. 465
- **2023-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 500
- **2023-03-07** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 446
- **2023-03-08** Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 Amendment 59F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 5 S.J. 469
- **2023-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 17 H.J. 521
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 490 `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 488 `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/c9437768-ec5c-43d7-bab9-74531d556188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).