---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the rural veterinary medical education program and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the rural veterinary medical education program and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1227"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1227 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Education", "Emergency Clause", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Deutsch", "Duvall", "Gosch", "Gross", "Heinert", "Lake", "Miskimins", "Overweg", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Post", "Reed", "Smith (VJ)", "Wangsness", "White", "Wiese", "Wiik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7567742-fea9-4572-9b40-81404c18992c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1227&Session=2020"
source_hash: "3ec6a9b397d68f1eb3b622cb535f26bdbeb90f8d9e836108464a890695a7f1d0"
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 1227 (2020) — make an appropriation for the rural veterinary medical education program 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/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1227P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1227)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1227JAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=1227)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1227ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1227)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **16–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Post — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 169
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 242 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1227A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1227B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 7. H.J. 474 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 437 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 459 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 491
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 H.J. 557 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 16, 2020 H.J. 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7567742-fea9-4572-9b40-81404c18992c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).