---
type: "Bill"
title: "create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund."
description: "create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "South Dakota SB 245 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Delayed Effective Date", "Fund", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Property Tax", "Retail Sales and Service Tax", "Taxation", "Transfer of Moneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ade1b32-00f0-46c8-8487-3b9a01228327"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27158"
source_hash: "b64dc3c04719889d5236131aaf9b30313179d1f514a5cd87a8b2e2271769b2db"
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 245 (2026) — create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.

## 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/27158/301349)
2. **245E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305410.pdf)
3. **245F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305786.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27158/306214)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27158/306673)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **42–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 198 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 31 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 31
- **2026-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 387 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 445 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 245E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 245F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2
- **2026-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 42, NAYS 27 H.J. 539
- **2026-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 13 S.J. 521
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 570 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 548 `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/6ade1b32-00f0-46c8-8487-3b9a01228327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).