---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal and replace an appropriation regarding the South Dakota women's prison and to declare an emergency."
description: "repeal and replace an appropriation regarding the South Dakota women's prison and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "South Dakota SB 170 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Emergency Clause", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunhoff", "Venhuizen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bbf605-2ab1-4269-b7d5-1d8fbd7c2dfd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25247"
source_hash: "440a39a55304474574d9a7b08b4cc3670597cc6c7defb7a971ffa0ff9210a1d3"
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 170 (2024) — repeal and replace an appropriation regarding the South Dakota women's prison 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/25247/262748)
2. **170A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/265245.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25247/266083)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25247/266736)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-13** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 170A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 399
- **2024-02-26** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 399 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 415
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-04 S.J. 464 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 S.J. 528 `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/58bbf605-2ab1-4269-b7d5-1d8fbd7c2dfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).