---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize compensation for water project district directors."
description: "authorize compensation for water project district directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "South Dakota SB 84 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Callies", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e0cb407-456a-45b5-94e7-534649fad98c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24121"
source_hash: "332c972024b65276980981a752aa2b07c49c108db5eb25bccac53b46ef45e74a"
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 84 (2023) — authorize compensation for water project district directors.

## 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/24121/245185)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24121/249485)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — 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`
- **2023-01-26** 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** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 181 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 8 H.J. 283 `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/0e0cb407-456a-45b5-94e7-534649fad98c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).