---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "South Dakota SB 116 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Athletics", "Emergency Clause", "Higher Education", "Public Construction", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Heermann", "Kassin", "Muckey", "Novstrup", "Reed", "Reisch", "Roby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e5c4f3-018d-4792-aad4-ee811e276c8f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26872"
source_hash: "869fce838d64a0711e3aa48a30bde5908d71d3889e1f8b2ad490d13d727cfa4c"
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 SB 116 (2026) — make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at 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/26872/296837)
2. **116A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301421.pdf)
3. **Joint Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26872/302134)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26872/304388)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **56–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 111 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 116A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-11** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 249
- **2026-02-12** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 316 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 341
- **2026-02-18** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 361
- **2026-02-19** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 372
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 11 H.J. 395
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 365 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 395 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.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/c4e5c4f3-018d-4792-aad4-ee811e276c8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).