---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1127"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1127 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Firefighters", "Grants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kassin", "Krohmer", "Larson", "Lesmeister", "Moore", "Olson", "Otten (Herman)", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Reisch", "Schaefbauer", "Shorma", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05fce789-91f5-496e-838f-4f827b02fb14"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24158"
source_hash: "d7c8001ac73e118ffe28243dfa328f34965fbd4c3627f4f26ffd87af25ce22a3"
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 1127 (2023) — make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments 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/Session/Bill/24158/245927)
2. **1127A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249342.pdf)
3. **1127B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249635.pdf)
4. **1127C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249639.pdf)
5. **1127E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250602.pdf)
6. **House Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24158/249686)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24158/250647)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24158/250982)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 103 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-02** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 4 Amendment 1127A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 4 Amendment 1127B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 5 Amendment 1127C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 H.J. 5
- **2023-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 350
- **2023-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 328 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-27** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1127E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 370
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 458
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 H.J. 509 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/05fce789-91f5-496e-838f-4f827b02fb14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).