---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of the Military to construct two storage buildings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of the Military to construct two storage buildings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1257 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a571d98-3e39-4e16-9966-233159b6da5c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1257&Session=2019"
source_hash: "7dd60e861176047803df5025bda4abf66c6cbcef3d085d6b3f31c11941d5e84d"
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 1257 (2019) — authorize the Department of the Military to construct two storage buildings, to make an appropriation therefor, 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=HB1257P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1257)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1257ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1257)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 264
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 281 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations, Passed `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 327 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 0. H.J. 405 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 437 `passage`
- **2019-02-20** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 430 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 463 `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 485
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 527
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2019 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Governor on March 1, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a571d98-3e39-4e16-9966-233159b6da5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).