---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "South Dakota SB 55 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fund", "Litigation", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185aa859-026d-4a3d-bd69-6f01287a6635"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26902"
source_hash: "0c38bd1056c613ed53b50e9ef9eae745410bdf4341fd2d98c0086ddf9575f714"
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 55 (2026) — make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses 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/26902/292855)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26902/304386)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–5** (pass) · lower

## 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 Committee on Appropriations S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 74 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-11** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0 J.J. 21 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 274 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 356 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 372
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 5 H.J. 394 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 365 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 395 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-03 S.J. 438 `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/185aa859-026d-4a3d-bd69-6f01287a6635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).