---
type: "Bill"
title: "make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
description: "make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "South Dakota SB 16 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Solid Waste", "Water Management", "Water Quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ecfa25f-0f98-4166-9210-2210128b76f6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24823"
source_hash: "f8cdbed99d6936e9e5d6900b8b2ed8c8e4c81636eaa043f61aea44a09355b9b5"
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 16 (2024) — make appropriations for water and environmental purposes 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/24823/257374)
2. **16A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/263408.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24823/263662)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24823/264863)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 84 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-01-30** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 7 Amendment 16A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 J.J. 7
- **2024-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 2 S.J. 249
- **2024-02-05** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 272
- **2024-02-07** Signed by the President S.J. 281 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 300 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-12 S.J. 292 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-20 S.J. 350 `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/4ecfa25f-0f98-4166-9210-2210128b76f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).