---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "South Dakota SB 69 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Law Enforcement", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4371cf18-a7bf-44fd-9563-45ba99443867"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26840"
source_hash: "568fd575a5b8620d1dab5ac1a7ce681e3dddb141bcd94188978c353595185b55"
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 69 (2026) — make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment 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/26840/293252)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26840/306289)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **16–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **29–4** (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 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`
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-26** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-26** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 1 J.J. 35 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 427 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 485 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18 H.J. 510 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 485 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 `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/4371cf18-a7bf-44fd-9563-45ba99443867`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).