---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow for the payment of goods or services by a school district between school board meetings in certain circumstances."
description: "allow for the payment of goods or services by a school district between school board meetings in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "South Dakota SB 212 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Public Property", "Purchases and Contracts", "School Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeGroot", "Schoenfish"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e2067df-6649-48a5-aec7-f0c606c8b6ed"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25129"
source_hash: "bf0ac4f343fdb1d55411052a559a4cd3dc613108c56d31fc9aa7edfb5d59df58"
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 212 (2024) — allow for the payment of goods or services by a school district between school board meetings in certain circumstances.

## 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/25129/264048)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25129/267017)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 219 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 354 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** First read in House and referred to H.J. 367 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-28** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-29** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 441 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 477 `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/7e2067df-6649-48a5-aec7-f0c606c8b6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).