---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the site preparation and construction of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Rapid City, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the site preparation and construction of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Rapid City, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "South Dakota SB 50 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Corrections", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fund", "Transfer of Funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d881088e-6464-4f5c-a7ee-a46005658fef"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24928"
source_hash: "196f4031776c0b1afac5c043d7af7f62b10893c54755060806999401d2fcae2a"
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 50 (2024) — make an appropriation for the site preparation and construction of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Rapid City, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, 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/24928/258071)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24928/266634)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–1** (pass) · legislature

## 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. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 1 `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`
- **2024-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 7 H.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 432 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 `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/d881088e-6464-4f5c-a7ee-a46005658fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).