---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1026 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71a0f4e-3aed-40a3-b0de-fadb72ace2d7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25858"
source_hash: "bbb526c7114ff330cd4c514cb8a95abebee913da52bd0b7f6cda619bd3761189"
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 1026 (2025) — make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, 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/25858/274103)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25858/283438)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 15
- **2025-01-23** Referred to H.J. 105 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 377 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** First Reading Senate S.J. 370
- **2025-02-26** Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 395
- **2025-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 408 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 H.J. 458 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 542 `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/b71a0f4e-3aed-40a3-b0de-fadb72ace2d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).