---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "South Dakota SB 240 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Counties", "Emergency Clause", "Fund", "Highways and Bridges", "Townships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahmuller", "Davis", "Deibert", "Emery", "Peterson (Drew)", "Pischke", "Shubeck", "Vilhauer", "Walburg", "Wipf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2877141b-fbb3-47d6-bbbe-078532b97cde"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27224"
source_hash: "7f6b43488bb4eb785b445380a22de0f90ae84b01bb08ca4eb863fa0bd99f428f"
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 240 (2026) — make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure 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/27224/301300)
2. **240A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304943.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27224/305279)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27224/306019)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Shubeck — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-18** Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 15 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 415 Amendment 240A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 1 S.J. 415
- **2026-03-02** First Reading House H.J. 469
- **2026-03-02** Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 477
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2 H.J. 488
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541 `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/2877141b-fbb3-47d6-bbbe-078532b97cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).