---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the payment of legal expenses originating from crime committed at a facility maintained by the Department of Corrections."
description: "provide for the payment of legal expenses originating from crime committed at a facility maintained by the Department of Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1039 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Corrections", "Criminal Procedure", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Bolin", "Crabtree", "Johnson", "Lems", "Mortenson", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Venhuizen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff15d6f4-a1b4-4992-950a-4f1a687d20c6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24854"
source_hash: "cf4d0267c1529ebc65e7c066e6bc12dfee4e87e522efa835dbdf046d3e5eca80"
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 1039 (2024) — provide for the payment of legal expenses originating from crime committed at a facility maintained by the Department of Corrections.

## 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/24854/257757)
2. **1039A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260045.pdf)
3. **House Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24854/265771)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24854/267115)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 21 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-01-12** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-18** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1039A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-15** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 368
- **2024-02-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 387 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-29** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 466
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 481 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-03-05 H.J. 474 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-26 H.J. 514 `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/ff15d6f4-a1b4-4992-950a-4f1a687d20c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).