---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations."
description: "modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "South Dakota SB 38 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals and Livestock", "Environmental Protection", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef11a20c-e1bd-46d0-b4e9-147c8f0ec0ff"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26683"
source_hash: "04a05ca071a05d1ff3be911b000ac67ea6a79f63a58fc2cd6a246f55d4730b7a"
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 38 (2026) — modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations.

## 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/26683/292838)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26683/300251)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–15** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **28–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-15** Referred to , Passed, Senate Committee on Appropriations YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to , Passed, Senate S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 4 S.J. 77 `passage`
- **2026-01-22** First Reading House H.J. 114
- **2026-01-26** Referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-01-29** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 11 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 15 H.J. 198 `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 171 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 229 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-05 S.J. 197 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-12 S.J. 256 `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/ef11a20c-e1bd-46d0-b4e9-147c8f0ec0ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).