---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Rapid City and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Rapid City and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1023 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Firefighters", "Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1053e686-7d6f-408a-a95d-d21165788982"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23956"
source_hash: "0376b56b1b83845a2e1784d0c1fc43c085d6ba3dfa77b6a23dd7bad33413bb6a"
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 1023 (2023) — make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Rapid City 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/23956/242348)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23956/250847)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-02-23** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 390 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 368 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 391 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 430 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-07 H.J. 497 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 H.J. 544 `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/1053e686-7d6f-408a-a95d-d21165788982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).