---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1048 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Broadband", "Economic Development", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Grants", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a73184-adf5-4a59-b077-47ab93b1d30e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26865"
source_hash: "2f2bb1eaf0f22f5fdb216d1a7549eb2f825c3355733a24c4908affa49b761d3f"
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 1048 (2026) — make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure 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/26865/293303)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26865/306307)

## Votes

- Reconsidered — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **55–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **15–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First Reading House H.J. 15
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 37 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-25** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 1 J.J. 25 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11 H.J. 457 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 12 S.J. 445 `failure`
- **2026-03-03** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 445
- **2026-03-04** Senate Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9 S.J. 458
- **2026-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 10 S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 506 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 H.J. 546 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 580 `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/26a73184-adf5-4a59-b077-47ab93b1d30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).