---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program."
description: "repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1244 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Fund", "Grants", "Private Education", "School Districts", "Transfer of Moneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Emery", "Goodwin", "May", "Muckey", "Mulder", "Reed", "Reimer", "Roby", "Uhre-Balk", "Van Diepen", "Wittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fa38799-0a88-4e07-9cfe-f94f03fc79ad"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27029"
source_hash: "549fa6815cad3e48e82084d78d0fba9e6fd7ac3c97d7e7236b6ce43cbaabb8f9"
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 HB 1244 (2026) — repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.

## 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/27029/299666)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27029/306329)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **14–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Van Diepen — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 193 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 14 H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 412
- **2026-03-02** Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425
- **2026-03-03** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 443
- **2026-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 463 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 506 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580 `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/9fa38799-0a88-4e07-9cfe-f94f03fc79ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).