---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1277 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Boards and Commissions", "Emergency Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Goodwin", "Johnson (David)", "Lesmeister", "Perry", "Smith (V. J.)", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6b03cac-e701-47b2-b643-49e0ceb5e303"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23322"
source_hash: "0c78be9605454f70d90d9a1ed5777f56537ee0707c55a56ee0a270ea36e4e745"
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 1277 (2022) — make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–4** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading House H.J. 156
- **2022-02-04** Referred to H.J. 211 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-10** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-22** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-02-22** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 4 H.J. 454 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 380 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 444 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 479 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-08 H.J. 626 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 689 `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/f6b03cac-e701-47b2-b643-49e0ceb5e303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).