---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1262"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1262 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Education", "Emergency Clause", "Public Construction", "Students", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenfield", "Moore", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Roby", "Rohl", "Sauder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb393962-6765-4a8f-b248-31fc45df02bf"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27261"
source_hash: "5d14f3b3a43b19b6dba7c25b1efa7786a6262236da3b8f9f2d043e5559384ced"
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 1262 (2026) — make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County 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/27261/300678)
2. **1262A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301509.pdf)
3. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27261/303752)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27261/306328)

## Votes

- Referred as Amended to — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greenfield — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sauder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 218 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-11** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1262A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-18** Education Referred as Amended to , Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-25** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 2 J.J. 29 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 458
- **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 Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 443
- **2026-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 463
- **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/eb393962-6765-4a8f-b248-31fc45df02bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).