---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize municipalities to establish a local funding mechanism for capital improvement projects."
description: "authorize municipalities to establish a local funding mechanism for capital improvement projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1245 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Boards and Commissions", "Fund", "Municipal Government", "Retail Sales and Service Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamison", "Reed"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df3c4359-72dc-4263-8524-9c72ad532087"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27099"
source_hash: "af93c22c40673a7e68c8bf565d02b2d9e96339df1e0e330aba7273fbd99b1a7f"
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 1245 (2026) — authorize municipalities to establish a local funding mechanism for capital improvement projects.

## 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/27099/299758)
2. **1245A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301447.pdf)
3. **1245B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301938.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27099/302589)
5. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27099/301669)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27099/306449)

## Votes

- Reconsidered — **37–29** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **36–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jamison — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 192 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-05** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1245A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4
- **2026-02-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 264 Amendment 1245B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 30 H.J. 265
- **2026-02-09** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 265
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 37, NAYS 29 H.J. 277
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 36, NAYS 30 H.J. 278
- **2026-02-11** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 15 S.J. 484
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 542 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 H.J. 556 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 578 `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/df3c4359-72dc-4263-8524-9c72ad532087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).