---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026."
description: "revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "South Dakota SB 78 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Transfer of Moneys", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703c06e1-7ac7-4818-944c-fbbe7b4e47a3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26950"
source_hash: "141a8d6093f945de7796ee1f00e1dce21fee53494d5bb1d0fef13c35ff0fd27a"
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 78 (2026) — revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.

## 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/26950/293474)
2. **78A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/306388.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26950/306725)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26950/306732)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **52–15** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **26–8** (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`
- **2026-02-17** Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-03-10** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-03-11** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-03-11** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, J.J. 67 Amendment 78A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 5 J.J. 73
- **2026-03-12** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 8 S.J. 540
- **2026-03-12** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 571 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 15 H.J. 573
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 545 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 574 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 545 `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/703c06e1-7ac7-4818-944c-fbbe7b4e47a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).