---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
description: "revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "South Dakota SB 51 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Property Tax", "State Aid to Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6819a266-5a56-4410-9fe8-73cf4150cd87"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24716"
source_hash: "9dfb35ce6e78379d0912572370f1b81f0c53857920916bd5e3bf0571d860c02f"
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 51 (2024) — revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

## 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/24716/258460)
2. **51A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/267040.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24716/267276)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24716/267372)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## 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. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 58 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-03-05** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 51A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0
- **2024-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 499
- **2024-03-07** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 506 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 506
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 523 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 510 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 525 `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/6819a266-5a56-4410-9fe8-73cf4150cd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).