---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "South Dakota SB 70 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Public Property", "Purchases and Contracts", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07cf8cbc-ab3f-4b78-b525-0c2497c39b43"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25011"
source_hash: "bbd069ed89e37e78a0aaab78457b11f20fc5c61b8d92712d1044bc55811f9214"
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 70 (2024) — make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, 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/25011/258480)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25011/266917)

## Votes

- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **32–0** (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. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-11** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 J.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 413 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 412 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 427 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President S.J. 461 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 480 `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/07cf8cbc-ab3f-4b78-b525-0c2497c39b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).