---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the water resources projects list."
description: "revise the water resources projects list."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "South Dakota SB 7 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Beal", "Blare", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Drury", "Duba", "Emery", "Hoffman", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Kassin", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Kull", "Lesmeister", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Nelson (Kameron)", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pischke", "Reimer", "Rohl", "Schoenbeck", "Tobin", "Weisgram", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f81a56e-569a-43e3-850c-46297d1671d4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24493"
source_hash: "d738d2ed05d12891cca2db3026ec2bfb46e47cf1c8de64efe169aec17a5542d8"
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 7 (2024) — revise the water resources projects list.

## 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/24493/257361)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24493/261519)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nelson (Kameron) — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-11** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-11** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 0 S.J. 76 `passage`
- **2024-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 60 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 145 `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Signed by the President S.J. 157 `passage`
- **2024-01-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 168 `passage`
- **2024-01-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-01-25 S.J. 174 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-01** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-01 S.J. 232 `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/0f81a56e-569a-43e3-850c-46297d1671d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).