---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "South Dakota SB 83 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Firefighters", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Deibert", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duhamel", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Johnson", "Kull", "Larson", "Lesmeister", "Mehlhaff", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pourier", "Rohl", "Wittman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb5349d-7ef9-4f6b-a954-9129c425aa67"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25041"
source_hash: "afe4e5d46f56641c2a746dbaf778321b214eb2c97d1b45d188d6889a224798a3"
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 83 (2024) — make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division 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/25041/259633)
2. **83B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266344.pdf)
3. **83C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266675.pdf)
4. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25041/266404)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25041/266734)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25041/267122)

## Votes

- Referred to — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **16–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 86 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 17 Amendment 83B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 1 J.J. 17
- **2024-02-27** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 426 Amendment 83C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 426
- **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 65, NAYS 4 H.J. 454
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 477 `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/2fb5349d-7ef9-4f6b-a954-9129c425aa67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).