---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding water development districts."
description: "revise provisions regarding water development districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "South Dakota SB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson (Drew)", "Schoenfish"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d344501b-e1d6-4be2-9462-f0e018878f14"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24114"
source_hash: "a51f734c939005d5960211c51a33d9147c97b43a8ede7d7b5b36234fd8ff500d"
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 83 (2023) — revise provisions regarding water development 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/24114/245166)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24114/249486)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 90 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-01** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2023-02-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 179 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 223 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 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 70, NAYS 0 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/d344501b-e1d6-4be2-9462-f0e018878f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).