---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "South Dakota SB 44 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Tax Relief", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68d43b0-1130-42a1-8f73-88f2c8798c04"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25629"
source_hash: "584bbbddf6eae3f6da64c332a445b4db8cad7a355de0219958ed9842d97e845b"
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 44 (2025) — modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to make an appropriation therefor, 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/25629/274065)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25629/283279)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2025-01-21** Referred to S.J. 63 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 356 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 385 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 413 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 411 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 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/b68d43b0-1130-42a1-8f73-88f2c8798c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).