---
type: "Bill"
title: "make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency."
description: "make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "South Dakota SB 171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunhoff", "Venhuizen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901c6029-75d0-451c-8fc9-b7d443c65c29"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25248"
source_hash: "cd2d8a836294511713c480ec1e1b312cf678c5e434a8d76f26c31df02a422378"
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 171 (2024) — make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory 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/25248/262749)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25248/266746)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 388 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 387 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 6 H.J. 415 `passage`
- **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/901c6029-75d0-451c-8fc9-b7d443c65c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).