---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for improving the buildings and grounds of the capitol complex and declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for improving the buildings and grounds of the capitol complex and declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1196 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Duffy", "Emery", "Kull", "Lesmeister", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Perry", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Shorma", "St. John", "Tordsen", "Weisgram", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f466bb-c743-4249-8aaa-7af216fe86c5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24160"
source_hash: "28347aa070fc60556a4a6fa30f8347c2061f169fad6543cb15bbf4dffd922a16"
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 1196 (2023) — make an appropriation for improving the buildings and grounds of the capitol complex and 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/24160/247760)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24160/250489)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shorma — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 196 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-08** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 6 H.J. 363 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 338 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 5 S.J. 356 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 416 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 H.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 H.J. 524 `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/f7f466bb-c743-4249-8aaa-7af216fe86c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).