---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to establish a cybersecurity services initiative for counties and municipalities and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to establish a cybersecurity services initiative for counties and municipalities and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "South Dakota SB 187 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Cyber Security", "Emergency Clause", "Local Government Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Blare", "Chase", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Mortenson", "Reed", "Reisch", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer", "Tordsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939ab43c-5edd-4493-9101-39539b3b8f91"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24622"
source_hash: "1d9988d43ee3f9a64fa4b95663b76734530db55d4a931c25f6a104fe01286904"
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 187 (2024) — make an appropriation to establish a cybersecurity services initiative for counties and municipalities 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/24622/262833)
2. **187B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266309.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24622/266394)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24622/267167)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 181 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-05** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 21 Amendment 187B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 J.J. 21
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 428
- **2024-02-28** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 425 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 446
- **2024-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 459
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 481 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 480 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-06 S.J. 490 `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/939ab43c-5edd-4493-9101-39539b3b8f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).