---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency."
description: "repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1129"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1129 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Higher Education", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bolin", "Chaffee", "Duba", "Hunhoff", "Kassin", "Koth", "Krull", "Maher", "Mortenson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Stevens", "Venhuizen", "Wangsness", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20296e5a-6742-491e-919e-f33ec6a99873"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25119"
source_hash: "37dea639931537f6c6c1595b02052bfb12c8650d16fa1b82e8d6a88a5d34a81d"
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 1129 (2024) — repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, 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/25119/261138)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25119/265970)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krull — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)
- Wangsness — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 144 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-06** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 284
- **2024-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 16 H.J. 297 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 297 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 366 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 369 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the President S.J. 390 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-23 H.J. 384 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-28 H.J. 420 `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/20296e5a-6742-491e-919e-f33ec6a99873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).