---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1273"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1273 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Property", "Public Property", "Purchases and Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Finck", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Heinert", "Johnson (Chris)", "Lesmeister", "Olson", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reimer", "Rusch", "Smith (V. J.)", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b734aae0-9727-437a-ba89-1d1c99a79671"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23286"
source_hash: "29df869d0377004e682ef06d19a58aef4f15b620481579fe7db8d3fd5937aeb1"
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 1273 (2022) — authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **1273A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233644.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Johnson (Chris) — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-14** Military and Veterans Affairs Deferred to another day , Passed,
- **2022-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-16** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1273A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0
- **2022-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 446
- **2022-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 444
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 479 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-08 H.J. 626 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 688 `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/b734aae0-9727-437a-ba89-1d1c99a79671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).