---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran."
description: "provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1054"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1054 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Bahmuller", "Blare", "Callies", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Frye-Mueller", "Gross", "Hoffman", "Johnson", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Larson", "Lems", "Massie", "Mills", "Moore", "Mulally", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Olson", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Rehfeldt", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Sauder", "Shorma", "Stalzer", "Teunissen", "Tordsen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7c7c2e9-6735-48c8-bf60-1b0f8e95a0a6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23900"
source_hash: "10401efe0149141b4040a379aee272f8863b2d344e78f69733d69ad0b7d1250f"
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 1054 (2023) — provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran.

## 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/23900/243034)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23900/249595)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Callies — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Teunissen — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First read in House and referred to H.J. 23 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-01** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 225 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 198 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-13** Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 8 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 8
- **2023-02-15** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 275 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 310 `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-22 H.J. 344 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 H.J. 398 `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/a7c7c2e9-6735-48c8-bf60-1b0f8e95a0a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).