---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Building Authority by the Bureau of Finance and Management, to make an appropriation therefore, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Building Authority by the Bureau of Finance and Management, to make an appropriation therefore, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "South Dakota SB 56 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Transfer of Moneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c9bc8e-d920-479d-a61e-49d044bd6e5a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25867"
source_hash: "12d79b51db9bf664c08f698b7847a0c700e81794ba69c289c0ccad90d4894b8e"
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 56 (2025) — authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Building Authority by the Bureau of Finance and Management, to make an appropriation therefore, 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/25867/274270)
2. **56A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/280573.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25867/283381)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25867/284082)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **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
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 100 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-05** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-27** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 28 Amendment 56A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 J.J. 28
- **2025-03-03** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 421
- **2025-03-04** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 451 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 468
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 473 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/16c9bc8e-d920-479d-a61e-49d044bd6e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).