---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the School Finance Accountability Board, and the process by which a recommendation of the board is approved."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the School Finance Accountability Board, and the process by which a recommendation of the board is approved."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1249 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Promulgation of Rules", "State Affairs and Government", "State Aid to Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kassin", "Muckey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff595397-4bc1-48dc-ae35-c2579109466b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26809"
source_hash: "f936129c4ff2e9a0d32297f23af3fe26f6e0784afafcef9502a47c915fa921a6"
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 1249 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the School Finance Accountability Board, and the process by which a recommendation of the board is approved.

## 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/26809/299878)
2. **1249A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301595.pdf)
3. **House Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26809/304321)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26809/306572)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kassin — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading House H.J. 193
- **2026-02-04** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 223 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-20** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1249A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 H.J. 2
- **2026-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 2
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 423
- **2026-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 398 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-05** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 17 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 497
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 526 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 562 `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/ff595397-4bc1-48dc-ae35-c2579109466b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).