---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "South Dakota SB 222 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Boards and Commissions", "Emergency Clause", "Grants", "Uncodified Acts", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karr", "Muckey", "Odenbach", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701f2edc-75af-4693-88ee-1b57f6c9be87"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27281"
source_hash: "f0cbfe0b927c989915b9cb077b40c8c6852219d59239590f3c6bfa733cc07024"
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 222 (2026) — make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects 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/27281/301027)
2. **222B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303489.pdf)
3. **Senate Appropriations Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27281/304517)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27281/306568)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karr — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 179 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-17** Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 222B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2026-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 5 S.J. 385
- **2026-02-25** First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 445 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-03-05** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 8 H.J. 542
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 `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/701f2edc-75af-4693-88ee-1b57f6c9be87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).