---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for eligible water and wastewater projects and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for eligible water and wastewater projects and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "South Dakota SB 53 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Water Management", "Water Quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73d0cf73-fd33-424f-b870-186daa1ca7f2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24953"
source_hash: "deaafe7c01e7100e586288166cca1b6abc07f366722b42c8806088c943794567"
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 53 (2024) — make an appropriation for eligible water and wastewater projects 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/24953/258462)
2. **53A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260132.pdf)
3. **53B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266296.pdf)
4. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24953/266399)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24953/260363)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24953/267200)

## Votes

- Referred as Amended to — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–1** (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. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-17** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 53A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** State Affairs Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 11 Amendment 53B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1 J.J. 12
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 425
- **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 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 467
- **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/73d0cf73-fd33-424f-b870-186daa1ca7f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).