---
type: "Bill"
title: "make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
description: "make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1254 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc534a7-8719-41c1-a236-783fbec2bb41"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1254&Session=2019"
source_hash: "18e564347d88f2831e964f4014b214a171bfcb613ffdd1b00af89579b7909749"
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 HB 1254 (2019) — make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1254P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1254)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1254ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1254)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 263
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 281 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 291 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-08** House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. H.J. 338 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 363
- **2019-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 375 `passage`
- **2019-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 368 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 546 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 595
- **2019-03-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 607
- **2019-03-06** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 632
- **2019-03-07** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 654 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 710
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 681
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 H.J. 712 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2019 H.J. 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbc534a7-8719-41c1-a236-783fbec2bb41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).